Patay travel guide
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Visit Patay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Patay is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 22 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Patay is 102 km from Paris and 323 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Orleans at 23 km from Patay
Popular places to visit near Patay: these include Orleans at 23 km and Beaugency at 30 km.
Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km and Fleury-les-Aubrais is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. 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 Patay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Patay
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Patay.
Note that all distances from Patay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Patay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Patay (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 Patay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les prés-Culand (24km) : Parc Floral de la Source (29km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (36km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (39km) : Le pré Catelan (43km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (20km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (21km) : Olivet (26km) : Moutiers (28km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (32km) : Chartres (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (27km) : Beaugency (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Patay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Patay
Canton: Patay
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45310
Distance to Patay
from Orleans: 22 km
from Paris: 102 km
from Calais: 323 km
from Nice: 647 km
from Bordeaux: 397 km
from Strasbourg: 451 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Patay): Coinces, Guillonville, Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, Saint-Peravy-la-Colombe, Terminiers, Tournoisis and Villeneuve-sur-Conie.
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 Patay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Patay