La Tour-Saint-Gelin travel guide
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Visit La Tour-Saint-Gelin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Tour-Saint-Gelin is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 44 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: La Tour-Saint-Gelin is 248 km from Paris and 446 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 8 km from La Tour-Saint-Gelin
Popular places to visit near La Tour-Saint-Gelin: these include Chateau du Rivau at 8 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 13 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km. 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 Tour-Saint-Gelin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Tour-Saint-Gelin
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 La Tour-Saint-Gelin.
Note that all distances from La Tour-Saint-Gelin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Tour-Saint-Gelin holidays and travel
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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 La Tour-Saint-Gelin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (6km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (24km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (33km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (43km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (24km) : Fontevraud Abbey (30km) : Oiron Chateau (38km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (13km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (31km) : Montsoreau (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (30km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (30km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (45km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (44km) : Thouars (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (20km) : Tours (44km) : Loches (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (24km) : Montreuil-Bellay (43km) :
Map of places to visit near La Tour-Saint-Gelin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tour-Saint-Gelin
Canton: Richelieu
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37120
Distance to La Tour-Saint-Gelin
from Tours: 44 km
from Paris: 248 km
from Calais: 446 km
from Nice: 653 km
from Bordeaux: 257 km
from Strasbourg: 574 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Tour-Saint-Gelin): Braslou, Brizay, Chaveignes, Chezelles, Courcoue, Lemere, Luze, Richelieu, Theneuil and Verneuil-le-Chateau.
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 La Tour-Saint-Gelin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Tour-Saint-Gelin