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Visit Lye: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lye is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Lye is 192 km from Paris and 415 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Valencay at 10 km from Lye
Popular places to visit near Lye: these include Chateau de Valencay at 10 km and Valencay at 10 km.
Valencay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Veuil is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lye: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lye, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lye
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lye.
Note that all distances from Lye shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lye holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lye (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 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 Lye and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Bouges (26km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (32km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (35km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (36km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (42km) :
- National Monuments: Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (26km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Veuil (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (38km) : Blois (41km) : Amboise (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (10km) :
Map of places to visit near Lye & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lye
Canton: Valençay
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36600
Distance to Lye
from Chateauroux: 50 km
from Paris: 192 km
from Calais: 415 km
from Nice: 598 km
from Bordeaux: 309 km
from Strasbourg: 491 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 Lye): Chatillon-sur-Cher, Fontguenand, La Vernelle, Meusnes, Noyers-sur-Cher, Seigy, Selles-sur-Cher and Villentrois.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Lye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lye