Chateauroux travel guide
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Visit Chateauroux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chateauroux is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Indre department. (General information: Chateauroux is 233 km from Paris and 461 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argenton-sur-Creuse at 28 km from Chateauroux
Popular places to visit near Chateauroux: these include Argenton-sur-Creuse at 28 km and Gargilesse-Dampierre at 33 km.
Jardin du château de Bouges is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km and Bouges-le-Chateau Castle is a listed 'national monument' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chateauroux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chateauroux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateauroux
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chateauroux.
Note that all distances from Chateauroux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateauroux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chateauroux (from booking.com 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 gites and villas
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 Chateauroux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Bouges (26km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (27km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (44km) : Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (46km) :
- National Monuments: Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (26km) : George Sand House (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (45km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (28km) : Veuil (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (33km) : Valencay (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Chateauroux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châteauroux
Canton: Châteauroux
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36000
Distance to Chateauroux
from Chateauroux: 0 km
from Paris: 233 km
from Calais: 461 km
from Nice: 556 km
from Bordeaux: 281 km
from Strasbourg: 494 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chateauroux): Deols, Le Poinconnet and Saint-Maur.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Chateauroux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateauroux