Roches travel guide
Visit Roches: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Beaugency at 14 km from Roches
Location: Roches is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 24 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Roches is 135 km from Paris and 352 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Roches: these include Beaugency at 14 km and Chateau de Chambord at 21 km. Jardin du château de Talcy is a listed remarkable garden at 3 km and Talcy Chateau is a listed national monument at 3 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Roches, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roches
See France This Way travel guides for Loir-et-Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roches.
Note that all distances from Roches shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roches holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Loir-et-Cher gites and villas
Markets near Roches
- Marchenoir: market every Tuesday (5km)
- Mer: market every Monday (10km)
- Oucques: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Beaugency: market every Saturday all day (13km)
- Ouzouer-le-Marche: market every Friday (14km)
- Saint-Laurent-Nouan: market every Friday (15km)
- Montlivault: market every Tuesday (17km)
- Meung-sur-Loire: market every Sunday (19km)
- Saint-Claude-de-Diray: market every Tuesday & Friday (20km)
- Huisseau-sur-Cosson: market every Wednesday (23km)
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 Roches and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Roches map below.
National Monument Talcy Chateau (3km); Chateaudun (32km); Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (40km)
Recommended Detour Beaugency (14km); Chateaudun (32km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Talcy (3km); Les prés-Culand (19km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (24km); Parc du château de Beauregard (29km); Parc Floral de la Source (37km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (39km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (41km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Blois (25km)
Town Of Art And History Blois (25km); Vendome (28km); Orleans (36km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Blois (25km); Vendome (28km); Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (34km); Olivet (35km); Fleury-les-Aubrais (38km); Saint-Cyr-en-Val (39km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (46km)
Map of places to visit near Roches & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roches
Canton: Marchenoir
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41370
Distance to Roches
from Blois (local prefecture): 24 km
from Paris: 135 km
from Calais: 352 km
from Nice: 641 km
from Bordeaux: 364 km
from Strasbourg: 475 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roches): Briou, Concriers, Josnes, Le Plessis-l'Echelle, Lorges, Madeleine-Villefrouin, Marchenoir, Saint-Leonard-en-Beauce, Seris and Talcy.
Getting here
Loir-et-Cher is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Roches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roches