Montsoreau travel guide
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Visit Montsoreau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montsoreau is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 53 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Montsoreau is 250 km from Paris and 436 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Montsoreau (page also includes a photo gallery for Montsoreau)
Popular places to visit near Montsoreau: these include Candes-Saint-Martin at 2 km and Chateau de Saumur at 11 km.
Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Candes-Saint-Martin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montsoreau: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montsoreau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montsoreau
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montsoreau.
Note that all distances from Montsoreau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montsoreau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montsoreau (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 Maine-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 Montsoreau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (26km) : Parc de Lathan (30km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (32km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (38km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (3km) : Oiron Chateau (31km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (2km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (2km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (3km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (26km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (26km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (39km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (33km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (18km) : Loudun (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Montsoreau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montsoreau
Canton: Saumur-Sud
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49730
Distance to Montsoreau
from Angers: 53 km
from Paris: 250 km
from Calais: 436 km
from Nice: 684 km
from Bordeaux: 269 km
from Strasbourg: 593 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 Montsoreau): Candes-Saint-Martin, Chouze-sur-Loire, Fontevraud Abbey, Parnay, Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Savigny-en-Veron, Souzay-Champigny, Turquant and Varennes-sur-Loire.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Montsoreau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montsoreau