Lance travel guide
Visit Lance: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Vendome at 11 km from Lance
Location: Lance is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 22 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Lance is 160 km from Paris and 366 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Lance: these include Vendome at 11 km and Lavardin at 15 km. Jardin du domaine de Sasnières is a listed remarkable garden at 10 km and Vendome is a listed town of art and history at 12 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 Lance, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lance
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 Lance.
Note that all distances from Lance shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lance 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 Lance
- Herbault: market every Monday (11km)
- Saint-Ouen: market every Wednesday (13km)
- Chateau-Renault: market every Tuesday & Saturday (16km)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (17km)
- Chambon-sur-Cisse: market every Saturday (18km)
- Pezou: market every Thursday (20km)
- Oucques: market every Wednesday (22km)
- Blois: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (23km)
- Chailles: market every Saturday (25km)
- Saint-Gervais-la-Foret: market every Friday (27km)
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 Lance and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Lance map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (36km)
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (15km)
National Monument Talcy Chateau (29km); Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (34km); Cloisters of la Psalette (44km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (10km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (22km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (25km); Jardin du château de Talcy (29km); Parc du château de Beauregard (29km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (31km); Jardins du château de Poncé (32km); Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (44km); Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Blois (23km); Amboise (31km); Tours (44km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (12km); Blois (23km); Amboise (31km); Tours (44km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vendome (12km); Blois (23km); Cogners (36km); Tours (44km); Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (45km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (20km)
Map of places to visit near Lance & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lancé
Canton: Saint-Amand-Longpré
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41310
Distance to Lance
from Blois (local prefecture): 22 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 366 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 342 km
from Strasbourg: 505 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lance): Crucheray, Gombergean, Huisseau-en-Beauce, Lancome, Nourray, Pray, Saint-Amand-Longpre, Saint-Gourgon and Villeromain.
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 Lance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lance