Saint-Epain travel guide

Saint-Epain photo, taken in Crissay-sur-Manse France

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Visit Saint-Epain: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Epain is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 29 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Epain is 233 km from Paris and 434 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 4 km from Saint-Epain

Popular places to visit near Saint-Epain: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 4 km and Chateau du Rivau at 17 km.

Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau is a listed 'national monument' at 14km. 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 Saint-Epain, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Epain

photo of Chinon
Chinon 23km
photo of Tours
Tours 30km
photo of Loches
Loches 35km
photo of Saumur
Saumur 48km

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 Saint-Epain.

Note that all distances from Saint-Epain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Epain holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Epain (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 Saint-Epain and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins de la Chatonnière (14km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (17km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (22km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (29km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (30km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (43km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (45km) : Parc de Lathan (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (14km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (30km) : Fontevraud Abbey (37km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (4km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (36km) : Montsoreau (37km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (36km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (37km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (30km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Chinon (23km) : Tours (30km) : Loches (35km) : Amboise (45km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (37km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Epain & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Épain

Canton: Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine

Arrondissement: Chinon

Department: Indre-et-Loire

Region: Loire Valley

Postcode: 37800

Distance to Saint-Epain

from Tours: 29 km

from Paris: 233 km

from Calais: 434 km

from Nice: 650 km

from Bordeaux: 271 km

from Strasbourg: 561 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Epain): Crissay-sur-Manse, Crouzilles, Neuil, Noyant-de-Touraine, Parcay-sur-Vienne and Trogues.

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 Saint-Epain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Epain