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Visit Drache: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Drache is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 38 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Drache is 238 km from Paris and 442 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 15 km from Drache
Popular places to visit near Drache: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 15 km and Chateau du Rivau at 24 km.
Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Drache, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Drache
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 Drache.
Note that all distances from Drache shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Drache holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Drache (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 Drache and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (22km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (26km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (33km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (37km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (38km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (45km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (26km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (38km) : Fontevraud Abbey (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (15km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (45km) : Montresor (45km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (45km) : Montsoreau (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (29km) : Chinon (33km) : Tours (38km) : Amboise (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Drache & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Draché
Canton: Descartes
Arrondissement: Loches
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37800
Distance to Drache
from Tours: 38 km
from Paris: 238 km
from Calais: 442 km
from Nice: 639 km
from Bordeaux: 264 km
from Strasbourg: 558 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 Drache): La Celle-Saint-Avant, Maille, Marce-sur-Esves, Nouatre, Noyant-de-Touraine, Port-de-Piles, Ports, Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine and Sepmes.
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 Drache from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Drache