Monts travel guide
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Visit Monts: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monts is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 13 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Monts is 216 km from Paris and 417 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Villandry at 12 km from Monts
Popular places to visit near Monts: these include Chateau de Villandry at 12 km and Tours at 13 km.
Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Les jardins du château de Villandry is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Monts, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monts
See France This Way travel guides for Indre-et-Loire and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monts.
Note that all distances from Monts shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monts holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monts (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-et-Loire 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 Monts and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (12km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (12km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (13km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (13km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (26km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (32km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (33km) : Parc de Lathan (42km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (46km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (13km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (14km) : Fontevraud Abbey (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (18km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (44km) : Montresor (45km) : Montsoreau (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (44km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (13km) : Amboise (30km) : Chinon (32km) : Loches (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Monts & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monts
Canton: Montbazon
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37260
Distance to Monts
from Tours: 13 km
from Paris: 216 km
from Calais: 417 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 287 km
from Strasbourg: 549 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Monts): Artannes-sur-Indre, Montbazon, Pont-de-Ruan and Sorigny.
Getting here
Indre-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Monts from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monts