Pont-de-Ruan travel guide
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Visit Pont-de-Ruan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pont-de-Ruan is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Pont-de-Ruan is 221 km from Paris and 421 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Villandry at 10 km from Pont-de-Ruan
Popular places to visit near Pont-de-Ruan: these include Chateau de Villandry at 10 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 14 km.
Les jardins de la Chatonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau is a listed 'national monument' at 8km. 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 Pont-de-Ruan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pont-de-Ruan
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 Pont-de-Ruan.
Note that all distances from Pont-de-Ruan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pont-de-Ruan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pont-de-Ruan (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 Pont-de-Ruan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins de la Chatonnière (8km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (10km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (16km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (17km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (26km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (31km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (38km) : Parc de Lathan (40km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (8km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (17km) : Fontevraud Abbey (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (14km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (38km) : Montsoreau (39km) : Montresor (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (38km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (17km) : Chinon (26km) : Loches (36km) : Amboise (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Pont-de-Ruan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pont-de-Ruan
Canton: Montbazon
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37260
Distance to Pont-de-Ruan
from Tours: 17 km
from Paris: 221 km
from Calais: 421 km
from Nice: 654 km
from Bordeaux: 283 km
from Strasbourg: 554 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 Pont-de-Ruan): Artannes-sur-Indre, Druye, Monts, Sache, Thilouze, Villaines-les-Rochers and Villeperdue.
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 Pont-de-Ruan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pont-de-Ruan