Fresnes travel guide
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Visit Fresnes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fresnes is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 18 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Fresnes is 173 km from Paris and 392 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Cheverny at 8 km from Fresnes
Popular places to visit near Fresnes: these include Chateau de Cheverny at 8 km and Chateau de Blois at 18 km.
Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 5km and Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Fresnes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fresnes
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 Fresnes.
Note that all distances from Fresnes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fresnes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fresnes (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 Fresnes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Beauregard (12km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (18km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (19km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (28km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (37km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (40km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (48km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (48km) : Les prés-Culand (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (5km) : Talcy Chateau (37km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Veuil (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (18km) : Amboise (32km) : Loches (48km) : Vendome (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (33km) : Beaugency (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Fresnes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fresnes
Canton: Contres
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41700
Distance to Fresnes
from Blois: 18 km
from Paris: 173 km
from Calais: 392 km
from Nice: 616 km
from Bordeaux: 327 km
from Strasbourg: 488 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fresnes): Contres, Feings, Fougeres-sur-Bievre, Oisly and Sassay.
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 Fresnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fresnes