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Visit Messas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Messas is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 22 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Messas is 128 km from Paris and 350 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beaugency at 3 km from Messas
Popular places to visit near Messas: these include Beaugency at 3 km and Orleans at 22 km.
Beaugency is a listed 'recommended detour' at 3km and Les prés-Culand is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. 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 Messas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Messas
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Messas.
Note that all distances from Messas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Messas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Messas (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 Loiret 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 Messas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les prés-Culand (5km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (16km) : Parc Floral de la Source (22km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (33km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (35km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (47km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (16km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Olivet (20km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (21km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (24km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (22km) : Blois (34km) : Vendome (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (3km) : Chateaudun (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Messas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Messas
Canton: Beaugency
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45190
Distance to Messas
from Orleans: 22 km
from Paris: 128 km
from Calais: 350 km
from Nice: 630 km
from Bordeaux: 371 km
from Strasbourg: 460 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Messas): Baule, Beaugency, Cravant, Dry, Lailly-en-Val, Le Bardon, Meung-sur-Loire, Tavers and Villorceau.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Messas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Messas