Richelieu travel guide
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Visit Richelieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Richelieu is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Richelieu is 254 km from Paris and 452 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 10 km from Richelieu
Popular places to visit near Richelieu: these include Chateau du Rivau at 10 km and Chateau Chinon at 18 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Richelieu: Richelieu has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Richelieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Richelieu
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 Richelieu.
Note that all distances from Richelieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Richelieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Richelieu (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 Richelieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (8km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (39km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (46km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (28km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (29km) : Oiron Chateau (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (20km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (29km) : Montsoreau (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (28km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (29km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (38km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (41km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (21km) : Poitiers (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (18km) : Montreuil-Bellay (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Richelieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Richelieu
Canton: Richelieu
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37120
Distance to Richelieu
from Tours: 50 km
from Paris: 254 km
from Calais: 452 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 252 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Richelieu): Braslou, Braye-sous-Faye, Champigny-sur-Veude, Chaveignes, Courcoue, La Tour-Saint-Gelin, Nueil-sous-Faye, Pouant and Razines.
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 Richelieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Richelieu