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Visit Lerne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lerne is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 51 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Lerne is 253 km from Paris and 442 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Chinon at 9 km from Lerne
Popular places to visit near Lerne: these include Chateau Chinon at 9 km and Candes-Saint-Martin at 9 km.
Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Fontevraud Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 8km. 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 Lerne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lerne
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 Lerne.
Note that all distances from Lerne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lerne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lerne (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 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 Lerne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (17km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (37km) : Parc de Lathan (38km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (8km) : Oiron Chateau (25km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (9km) : Montsoreau (10km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (7km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (9km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (34km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (35km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (35km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (31km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (11km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (14km) : Montreuil-Bellay (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Lerne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lerné
Canton: Chinon
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37500
Distance to Lerne
from Tours: 51 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 442 km
from Nice: 676 km
from Bordeaux: 261 km
from Strasbourg: 591 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 Lerne): Beuxes, Bournand, Cinais, Couziers, Fontevraud Abbey, La Roche-Clermault, Roiffe, Seuilly, Thizay and Vezieres.
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 Lerne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lerne