Olivet travel guide
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Visit Olivet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Olivet is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 4 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Olivet is 115 km from Paris and 343 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Orleans at 4 km from Olivet
Popular places to visit near Olivet: these include Orleans at 4 km and Beaugency at 22 km.
Parc Floral de la Source is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Orleans is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Olivet: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Olivet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Olivet
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Olivet.
Note that all distances from Olivet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Olivet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Olivet (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 Olivet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Floral de la Source (3km) : Les prés-Culand (16km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (27km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (36km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-en-Val (6km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (6km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (8km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (43km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (43km) : Moutiers (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (4km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (22km) : Chateaudun (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Olivet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Olivet
Canton: Olivet
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45160
Distance to Olivet
from Orleans: 4 km
from Paris: 115 km
from Calais: 343 km
from Nice: 622 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 440 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 Olivet): La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, Orleans, Saint-Cyr-en-Val, Saint-Denis-en-Val, Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin, Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc and Saint-Pryve-Saint-Mesmin.
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 Olivet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Olivet