Chinon travel guide
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Visit Chinon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chinon is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 41 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Chinon is 244 km from Paris and 436 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chinon
Popular places to visit near Chinon: these include Chateau Chinon at 1 km and Chinon at 2 km.
Chinon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chinon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; Chinon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chinon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chinon
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 Chinon.
Note that all distances from Chinon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chinon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chinon (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-et-Loire 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 Chinon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (12km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (19km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (27km) : Parc de Lathan (34km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (39km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (41km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (15km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (19km) : Oiron Chateau (35km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (14km) : Montsoreau (15km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (18km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (14km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (15km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (40km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (41km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (44km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (40km) : Thouars (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (2km) : Tours (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (22km) : Montreuil-Bellay (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Chinon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chinon
Canton: Chinon
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37500
Distance to Chinon
from Tours: 41 km
from Paris: 244 km
from Calais: 436 km
from Nice: 670 km
from Bordeaux: 268 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chinon): Anche, Avoine, Beaumont-en-Veron, Chateau Chinon, Cinais, La Roche-Clermault and Riviere.
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 Chinon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chinon