Saint-Paterne-Racan travel guide
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Visit Saint-Paterne-Racan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Paterne-Racan is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 28 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Paterne-Racan is 196 km from Paris and 385 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 25 km from Saint-Paterne-Racan
Popular places to visit near Saint-Paterne-Racan: these include Chateau du Lude at 25 km and Tours at 28 km.
Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km and Parc et jardins du château du Lude is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Paterne-Racan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Paterne-Racan
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-Paterne-Racan.
Note that all distances from Saint-Paterne-Racan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Paterne-Racan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Paterne-Racan (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-Paterne-Racan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (22km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (25km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (27km) : Parc de Lathan (28km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (28km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (29km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (30km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (34km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (37km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (38km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (28km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (27km) : Cogners (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (28km) : Amboise (43km) : Vendome (49km) : Chinon (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Paterne-Racan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Paterne-Racan
Canton: Neuvy-le-Roi
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37370
Distance to Saint-Paterne-Racan
from Tours: 28 km
from Paris: 196 km
from Calais: 385 km
from Nice: 683 km
from Bordeaux: 318 km
from Strasbourg: 550 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 Saint-Paterne-Racan): Bueil-en-Touraine, Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais, Saint-Pierre-de-Cheville and Villebourg.
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-Paterne-Racan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Paterne-Racan