Sonzay travel guide
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Visit Sonzay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sonzay is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 23 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Sonzay is 203 km from Paris and 394 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Villandry at 21 km from Sonzay
Popular places to visit near Sonzay: these include Chateau de Villandry at 21 km and Tours at 23 km.
Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km and Les jardins du château de Villandry is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. 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 Sonzay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sonzay
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 Sonzay.
Note that all distances from Sonzay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sonzay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sonzay (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 Sonzay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (21km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (21km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (23km) : Parc de Lathan (24km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (26km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (29km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (30km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (32km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (37km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (41km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (23km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (30km) : Fontevraud Abbey (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (40km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (42km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (46km) : Montsoreau (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (46km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (21km) : Cogners (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (23km) : Chinon (41km) : Amboise (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Sonzay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sonzay
Canton: Neuillé-Pont-Pierre
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37360
Distance to Sonzay
from Tours: 23 km
from Paris: 203 km
from Calais: 394 km
from Nice: 679 km
from Bordeaux: 310 km
from Strasbourg: 554 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sonzay): Breches and Souvigne.
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 Sonzay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sonzay