Poulaines travel guide
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Visit Poulaines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Poulaines is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 39 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Poulaines is 196 km from Paris and 422 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Valencay at 7 km from Poulaines
Popular places to visit near Poulaines: these include Valencay at 7 km and Chateau de Valencay at 7 km.
Valencay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Veuil is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. 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 Poulaines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Poulaines
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Poulaines.
Note that all distances from Poulaines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Poulaines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Poulaines (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 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 Poulaines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Bouges (12km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (48km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (49km) :
- National Monuments: Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (12km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (35km) :
- Religious monuments: St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Veuil (11km) : Issoudun (34km) : Chateauroux (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (7km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Poulaines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Poulaines
Canton: Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle
Arrondissement: Issoudun
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36210
Distance to Poulaines
from Chateauroux: 39 km
from Paris: 196 km
from Calais: 422 km
from Nice: 581 km
from Bordeaux: 310 km
from Strasbourg: 481 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Poulaines): Aize, Buxeuil, Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle and Sainte-Cecile.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Poulaines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Poulaines