Le Plessis-Dorin travel guide
Visit Le Plessis-Dorin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 26 km from Le Plessis-Dorin
Location: Le Plessis-Dorin is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 65 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Le Plessis-Dorin is 139 km from Paris and 326 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Le Plessis-Dorin: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 26 km and Le Perche at 35 km. Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed recommended detour at 26 km and Cogners is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 29 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 Le Plessis-Dorin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Plessis-Dorin
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 Le Plessis-Dorin.
Note that all distances from Le Plessis-Dorin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Plessis-Dorin 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 Le Plessis-Dorin
- Souday: market every Wednesday (6km)
- Vibraye: market every Friday (10km)
- La Bazoche-Gouet: market every Saturday (10km)
- Mondoubleau: market every Saturday & Monday all day (12km)
- Droue: market every Tuesday (16km)
- La Ferte-Bernard: market every Saturday & Monday (19km)
- Saint-Calais: market every Thursday all day & Sunday (20km)
- Le Theil: market every Wednesday (24km)
- Savigny-sur-Braye: market every Tuesday (24km)
- Brou: market every Wednesday (26km)
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 Le Plessis-Dorin and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Le Plessis-Dorin map below.
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (39km)
National Monument Chateaudun (35km)
Recommended Detour Nogent-le-Rotrou (26km); Chateaudun (35km)
Regional Natural Parc Perche (35km)
Remarkable Garden Le pré Catelan (37km); Jardin de la petite Rochelle (39km); Jardins du château de Poncé (39km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (35km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cogners (29km); Vendome (35km)
Map of places to visit near Le Plessis-Dorin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Plessis-Dorin
Canton: Mondoubleau
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41170
Distance to Le Plessis-Dorin
from Blois (local prefecture): 65 km
from Paris: 139 km
from Calais: 326 km
from Nice: 695 km
from Bordeaux: 378 km
from Strasbourg: 512 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Plessis-Dorin): Chapelle-Guillaume, Greez-sur-Roc, Melleray, Montmirail, Oigny, Saint-Agil, Saint-Avit and Souday.
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 Le Plessis-Dorin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Plessis-Dorin