Chavin travel guide
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Visit Chavin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chavin is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 28 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Chavin is 261 km from Paris and 488 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gargilesse-Dampierre at 5 km from Chavin
Popular places to visit near Chavin: these include Gargilesse-Dampierre at 5 km and Argenton-sur-Creuse at 8 km.
Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km and Saint-Benoit-du-Sault is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chavin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chavin
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chavin.
Note that all distances from Chavin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chavin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chavin (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 Chavin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (19km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (28km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (47km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateauroux (28km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Chavin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chavin
Canton: Argenton-sur-Creuse
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36200
Distance to Chavin
from Chateauroux: 28 km
from Paris: 261 km
from Calais: 488 km
from Nice: 546 km
from Bordeaux: 256 km
from Strasbourg: 512 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chavin): Badecon-le-Pin, Bouesse, Ceaulmont, Gargilesse-Dampierre, Le Menoux, Le Pechereau, Maillet, Malicornay and Pommiers.
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 Chavin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chavin