Descartes travel guide
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Visit Descartes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Descartes is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 46 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Descartes is 243 km from Paris and 450 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 25 km from Descartes
Popular places to visit near Descartes: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 25 km and Loches at 27 km.
Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km and Loches is a listed 'town of art and history' at 27km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Descartes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Descartes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Descartes
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 Descartes.
Note that all distances from Descartes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Descartes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Descartes (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 Descartes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (30km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (36km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (43km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (46km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (46km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (36km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (25km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (34km) : Montresor (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (45km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (27km) : Chinon (42km) : Tours (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (46km) : Loudun (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Descartes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Descartes
Canton: Descartes
Arrondissement: Loches
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37160
Distance to Descartes
from Tours: 46 km
from Paris: 243 km
from Calais: 450 km
from Nice: 629 km
from Bordeaux: 257 km
from Strasbourg: 556 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Descartes): Abilly, Buxeuil and Saint-Remy-sur-Creuse.
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 Descartes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Descartes