Montcresson travel guide
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Visit Montcresson: Highlights and Tourist Information
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).
Note: The photo above was taken in Briare at 30 km from Montcresson
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 9km and Montargis is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km. 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 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 hotels in and near to Montcresson (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 Montcresson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (14km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (15km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (35km) : Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quiers-sur-Bezonde (29km) : Briare (29km) : Sens (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Joigny (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (11km) :
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: 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!
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 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