Fontaine-Raoul travel guide
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Visit Fontaine-Raoul: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaine-Raoul is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 47 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Fontaine-Raoul is 131 km from Paris and 333 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vendome at 23 km from Fontaine-Raoul
Popular places to visit near Fontaine-Raoul: these include Vendome at 23 km and Lavardin at 33 km.
Chateaudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Vendome is a listed 'town of art and history' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontaine-Raoul, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontaine-Raoul
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 Fontaine-Raoul.
Note that all distances from Fontaine-Raoul shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontaine-Raoul holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontaine-Raoul (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 Loir-et-Cher 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 Fontaine-Raoul and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Talcy (33km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (34km) : Le pré Catelan (35km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (44km) : Les prés-Culand (45km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (46km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (22km) : Blois (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (17km) : Beaugency (44km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaine-Raoul & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaine-Raoul
Canton: Droué
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41270
Distance to Fontaine-Raoul
from Blois: 47 km
from Paris: 131 km
from Calais: 333 km
from Nice: 672 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 493 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaine-Raoul): Bouffry, Chauvigny-du-Perche, Droue, Langey, Ruan-sur-Egvonne and Villebout.
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 Fontaine-Raoul from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontaine-Raoul