Luynes travel guide
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Visit Luynes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Luynes is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 10 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Luynes is 211 km from Paris and 407 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Villandry at 6 km from Luynes
Popular places to visit near Luynes: these include Chateau de Villandry at 6 km and Tours at 10 km.
Les jardins du château de Villandry is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Luynes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Luynes
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 Luynes.
Note that all distances from Luynes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Luynes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Luynes (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 Luynes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château de Villandry (6km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (8km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (10km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (15km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (25km) : Parc de Lathan (32km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (37km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (39km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (42km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (43km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (10km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (15km) : Fontevraud Abbey (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (26km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (41km) : Montsoreau (42km) : Lavardin (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (41km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (9km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (10km) : Chinon (32km) : Amboise (33km) : Loches (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Luynes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Luynes
Canton: Luynes
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37230
Distance to Luynes
from Tours: 10 km
from Paris: 211 km
from Calais: 407 km
from Nice: 664 km
from Bordeaux: 296 km
from Strasbourg: 552 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Luynes): Ballan-Mire, Berthenay, Chateau de Villandry, Fondettes, Saint-Etienne-de-Chigny, Saint-Genouph, Savonnieres and Villandry.
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 Luynes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Luynes