Orleans travel guide
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Visit Orleans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orleans is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Loiret department. (General information: Orleans is 111 km from Paris and 339 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Orleans
Popular places to visit near Orleans: these include Beaugency at 24 km and Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 32 km.
Fleury-les-Aubrais is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km. 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 Orleans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orleans
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orleans.
Note that all distances from Orleans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orleans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orleans (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 Orleans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Floral de la Source (7km) : Les prés-Culand (17km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (25km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (37km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fleury-les-Aubrais (3km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (3km) : Olivet (4km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (9km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (41km) : Moutiers (45km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (24km) : Chateaudun (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Orleans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orléans
Canton: Orléans
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45000
Distance to Orleans
from Orleans: 0 km
from Paris: 111 km
from Calais: 339 km
from Nice: 625 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 439 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orleans): Fleury-les-Aubrais, Ingre, La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, Olivet, Saint-Denis-en-Val, Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin, Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, Saint-Pryve-Saint-Mesmin, Saran and Semoy.
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 Orleans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orleans