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Visit Ports: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ports is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 43 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Ports is 244 km from Paris and 448 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 16 km from Ports
Popular places to visit near Ports: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 16 km and Chateau du Rivau at 20 km.
Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 16km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Ports, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ports
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 Ports.
Note that all distances from Ports shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ports holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ports (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 Ports and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (18km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (28km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (42km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (43km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (28km) : Fontevraud Abbey (42km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (43km) : Oiron Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (16km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (42km) : Montsoreau (44km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (42km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (42km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (31km) : Loches (35km) : Tours (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Ports & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ports
Canton: Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37800
Distance to Ports
from Tours: 43 km
from Paris: 244 km
from Calais: 448 km
from Nice: 641 km
from Bordeaux: 257 km
from Strasbourg: 565 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ports): Drache, La Celle-Saint-Avant, Les Ormes, Maille, Marcilly-sur-Vienne, Marigny-Marmande, Nouatre, Port-de-Piles, Pussigny and Rilly-sur-Vienne.
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 Ports from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ports