Turquant travel guide
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Visit Turquant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Turquant is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 51 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Turquant is 251 km from Paris and 435 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montsoreau at 2 km from Turquant
Popular places to visit near Turquant: these include Montsoreau at 2 km and Candes-Saint-Martin at 4 km.
Montsoreau is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 2km and Fontevraud Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Turquant: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Turquant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Turquant
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Turquant.
Note that all distances from Turquant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Turquant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Turquant (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 Maine-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 Turquant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (28km) : Parc de Lathan (30km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (34km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (39km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (4km) : Oiron Chateau (31km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (2km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (4km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (4km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (5km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (24km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (24km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (39km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (32km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (17km) : Loudun (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Turquant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Turquant
Canton: Saumur-Sud
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49730
Distance to Turquant
from Angers: 51 km
from Paris: 251 km
from Calais: 435 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 269 km
from Strasbourg: 595 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Turquant): Candes-Saint-Martin, Fontevraud Abbey, Montsoreau, Parnay, Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Souzay-Champigny, Varennes-sur-Loire and Villebernier.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Turquant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Turquant