Saint-Ay travel guide
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Visit Saint-Ay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Ay is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 13 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Ay is 120 km from Paris and 344 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beaugency at 12 km from Saint-Ay
Popular places to visit near Saint-Ay: these include Beaugency at 12 km and Orleans at 13 km.
Les prés-Culand is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Olivet is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Ay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Ay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Ay
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Ay.
Note that all distances from Saint-Ay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Ay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Ay (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 Loiret 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 Saint-Ay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les prés-Culand (5km) : Parc Floral de la Source (14km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (25km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (38km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (43km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (45km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Olivet (11km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (11km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (15km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (17km) : Moutiers (49km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (13km) : Blois (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (12km) : Chateaudun (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Ay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Ay
Canton: Meung-sur-Loire
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45130
Distance to Saint-Ay
from Orleans: 13 km
from Paris: 120 km
from Calais: 344 km
from Nice: 629 km
from Bordeaux: 380 km
from Strasbourg: 452 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Ay): Baule, Chaingy, Clery-Saint-Andre, Huisseau-sur-Mauves, Mareau-Aux-Pres and Meung-sur-Loire.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Saint-Ay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Ay