Droue travel guide
Visit Droue: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Vendome at 28 km from Droue
Location: Droue is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 53 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Droue is 130 km from Paris and 328 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Droue: weekly market: Tuesday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Droue: these include Vendome at 28 km and Lavardin at 36 km. Chateaudun is a listed recommended detour at 20 km and Chateaudun is a listed national monument at 20 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Droue, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Droue
See France This Way travel guides for Loir-et-Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Droue.
Note that all distances from Droue shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Droue holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Loir-et-Cher gites and villas
Markets near Droue
- Droue: market every Tuesday (0km)
- Cloyes-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (13km)
- La Bazoche-Gouet: market every Saturday (13km)
- Mondoubleau: market every Saturday & Monday all day (15km)
- Souday: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Chateaudun: market every Thursday all day & Saturday (19km)
- Brou: market every Wednesday (20km)
- Pezou: market every Thursday (20km)
- Vibraye: market every Friday (25km)
- Saint-Ouen: market every Wednesday (26km)
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 Droue and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Droue map below.
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (36km)
National Monument Chateaudun (20km); Talcy Chateau (41km)
Recommended Detour Chateaudun (20km); Nogent-le-Rotrou (36km)
Regional Natural Parc Perche (45km)
Remarkable Garden Le pré Catelan (32km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (37km); Jardin du château de Talcy (41km); Jardins du château de Poncé (44km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (27km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vendome (27km); Cogners (37km)
Map of places to visit near Droue & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Droué
Canton: Droué
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41270
Distance to Droue
from Blois (local prefecture): 53 km
from Paris: 130 km
from Calais: 328 km
from Nice: 680 km
from Bordeaux: 378 km
from Strasbourg: 497 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Droue): Boisgasson, Bouffry, Courtalain, Fontaine-Raoul, La Chapelle-Vicomtesse, La Fontenelle, Le Poislay, Ruan-sur-Egvonne and Saint-Pellerin.
Getting here
Loir-et-Cher is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Droue from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Droue