La Fontenelle travel guide
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Visit La Fontenelle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Fontenelle is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 57 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: La Fontenelle is 132 km from Paris and 327 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vendome at 30 km from La Fontenelle
Popular places to visit near La Fontenelle: these include Vendome at 30 km and Nogent-le-Rotrou at 33 km.
Chateaudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 23km and Vendome is a listed 'town of art and history' at 29km. 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 La Fontenelle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Fontenelle
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 La Fontenelle.
Note that all distances from La Fontenelle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Fontenelle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Fontenelle (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 La Fontenelle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (31km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (39km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (43km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (45km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (45km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (23km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (33km) :
Map of places to visit near La Fontenelle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenelle
Canton: Droué
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41270
Distance to La Fontenelle
from Blois: 57 km
from Paris: 132 km
from Calais: 327 km
from Nice: 684 km
from Bordeaux: 379 km
from Strasbourg: 500 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 La Fontenelle): Arville, Boursay, Droue, Le Gault-Perche and Le Poislay.
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 La Fontenelle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Fontenelle