Orbigny travel guide
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Visit Orbigny: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orbigny is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 46 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Orbigny is 201 km from Paris and 418 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montresor at 7 km from Orbigny
Popular places to visit near Orbigny: these include Montresor at 7 km and Chateau de Chenonceau at 18 km.
Montresor is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Orbigny, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orbigny
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 Orbigny.
Note that all distances from Orbigny shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orbigny holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orbigny (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 Orbigny and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (18km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (30km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (38km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (38km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (38km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (43km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (46km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (48km) :
- National Monuments: Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (28km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (38km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (7km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Veuil (24km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (21km) : Amboise (30km) : Blois (42km) : Tours (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Orbigny & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orbigny
Canton: Montrésor
Arrondissement: Loches
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37460
Distance to Orbigny
from Tours: 46 km
from Paris: 201 km
from Calais: 418 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 299 km
from Strasbourg: 509 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orbigny): Beaumont-Village, Cere-la-Ronde and Chemille-sur-Indrois.
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 Orbigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orbigny