Chateau-Renault travel guide
Visit Chateau-Renault: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 17 km from Chateau-Renault
Location: Chateau-Renault is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 28 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Chateau-Renault is 176 km from Paris and 380 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Chateau-Renault: weekly market: Tuesday & Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Chateau-Renault: these include Lavardin at 17 km and Chateau d'Amboise at 21 km. Réserve de Beaumarchais is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 10 km and Jardin du domaine de Sasnières is a listed remarkable garden at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chateau-Renault, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau-Renault
See France This Way travel guides for Indre-et-Loire and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chateau-Renault.
Note that all distances from Chateau-Renault shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau-Renault holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Indre-et-Loire gites and villas
Markets near Chateau-Renault
- Chateau-Renault: market every Tuesday & Saturday (0km)
- Herbault: market every Monday (17km)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (18km)
- Amboise: market every Sunday & Friday (20km)
- Chambon-sur-Cisse: market every Saturday (23km)
- Montlouis-sur-Loire: market every Thursday (23km)
- Neuvy-le-Roi: market every Friday (24km)
- Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (27km)
- Saint-Ouen: market every Wednesday (28km)
- Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market every Tuesday (28km)
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chateau-Renault and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chateau-Renault map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (23km)
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (17km)
National Monument Cloisters of la Psalette (28km); Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (36km); Talcy Chateau (45km); Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (50km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (14km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (16km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (24km); Jardins du château de Poncé (27km); Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (28km); Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (29km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (31km); Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (32km); Parc du château de Beauregard (36km); Les jardins du château de Villandry (41km); Jardin du château de Talcy (45km); Les jardins de la Chatonnière (50km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Amboise (20km); Tours (28km); Blois (31km)
Town Of Art And History Amboise (20km); Vendome (26km); Tours (28km); Blois (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vendome (26km); Tours (28km); Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (28km); Blois (31km); Cogners (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (10km); ZooParc de Beauval (51km)
Map of places to visit near Chateau-Renault & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château-Renault
Canton: Château-Renault
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37110
Distance to Chateau-Renault
from Tours (local prefecture): 28 km
from Paris: 176 km
from Calais: 380 km
from Nice: 656 km
from Bordeaux: 327 km
from Strasbourg: 520 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chateau-Renault): Authon, Auzouer-en-Touraine, Crotelles, Le Boulay, Neuville-sur-Brenne, Saunay and Villedomer.
Getting here
Indre-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Chateau-Renault from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau-Renault