Velles travel guide
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Visit Velles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velles is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 13 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Velles is 247 km from Paris and 474 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argenton-sur-Creuse at 15 km from Velles
Popular places to visit near Velles: these include Argenton-sur-Creuse at 15 km and Gargilesse-Dampierre at 20 km.
Chateauroux is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Jardin du domaine de George Sand is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km. 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 Velles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velles
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velles.
Note that all distances from Velles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velles (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 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 Velles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du domaine de George Sand (24km) : Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (33km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (39km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (44km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (26km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateauroux (13km) : Issoudun (39km) : Veuil (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Velles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velles
Canton: Ardentes
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36330
Distance to Velles
from Chateauroux: 13 km
from Paris: 247 km
from Calais: 474 km
from Nice: 551 km
from Bordeaux: 269 km
from Strasbourg: 503 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Velles): Arthon.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Velles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velles