Maves travel guide
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Visit Maves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Maves is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 17 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Maves is 144 km from Paris and 358 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Blois at 18 km from Maves
Popular places to visit near Maves: these include Blois at 18 km and Chateau de Blois at 18 km.
Talcy Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Jardin du château de Talcy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. 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 Maves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maves
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 Maves.
Note that all distances from Maves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Maves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maves (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 Loir-et-Cher 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 Maves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Talcy (7km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (17km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (23km) : Les prés-Culand (27km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (32km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (32km) : Parc Floral de la Source (45km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (49km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (7km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (43km) : Olivet (43km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (46km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (18km) : Vendome (23km) : Orleans (45km) : Amboise (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (21km) : Chateaudun (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Maves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Maves
Canton: Mer
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41500
Distance to Maves
from Blois: 17 km
from Paris: 144 km
from Calais: 358 km
from Nice: 642 km
from Bordeaux: 356 km
from Strasbourg: 483 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maves): Boisseau, Conan, Madeleine-Villefrouin, Mulsans, Villeneuve-Frouville and Villexanton.
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 Maves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Maves