Montcresson travel guide
Visit Montcresson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Briare at 30 km from Montcresson
Location: Montcresson is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 67 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Montcresson is 111 km from Paris and 345 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Montcresson: these include Briare at 30 km and Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 39 km. Arboretum national des Barres is a listed site of natural beauty at 9 km and Arboretum national des Barres is a listed remarkable garden at 9 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Montcresson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montcresson
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montcresson.
Note that all distances from Montcresson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montcresson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Montcresson
- Chatillon-Coligny: market every Friday (10km)
- Chalette-sur-Loing: market every Friday (12km)
- Montargis: market every Wednesday & Saturday all day (15km)
- Lorris: market every Thursday (22km)
- Courtenay: market every Thursday (24km)
- Bleneau: market every Tuesday (25km)
- Gien: market every Wednesday & Saturday (28km)
- Briare: market every Friday (29km)
- Egreville: market every Monday (30km)
- Chatillon-sur-Loire: market every Thursday (35km)
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 Montcresson and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Montcresson map below.
Recommended Detour Montargis (11km); Joigny (36km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (35km); Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Arboretum national des Barres (9km); Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (14km); Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (15km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Arboretum national des Barres (9km)
Town Of Art And History Joigny (36km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Briare (29km); Quiers-sur-Bezonde (29km); Sens (48km)
Map of places to visit near Montcresson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montcresson
Canton: Châtillon-Coligny
Arrondissement: Montargis
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45700
Distance to Montcresson
from Orleans (local prefecture): 67 km
from Paris: 111 km
from Calais: 345 km
from Nice: 581 km
from Bordeaux: 429 km
from Strasbourg: 374 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montcresson): Conflans-sur-Loing, Cortrat, La Chapelle-sur-Aveyron, Montbouy, Mormant-sur-Vernisson, Pressigny-les-Pins, Saint-Germain-Des-Pres and Solterre.
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 Montcresson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montcresson