Viglain travel guide
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Visit Viglain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Viglain is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 35 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Viglain is 125 km from Paris and 359 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 9 km from Viglain
Popular places to visit near Viglain: these include Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 9 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 29 km.
Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 27km. 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 Viglain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Viglain
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Viglain.
Note that all distances from Viglain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Viglain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Viglain (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 Loiret 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 Viglain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum des grandes bruyères (30km) : Parc Floral de la Source (30km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (34km) : Les prés-Culand (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (9km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (27km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (27km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (29km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (32km) : Briare (33km) : Olivet (33km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (36km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Viglain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Viglain
Canton: Sully-sur-Loire
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45600
Distance to Viglain
from Orleans: 35 km
from Paris: 125 km
from Calais: 359 km
from Nice: 591 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 415 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Viglain): Saint-Pere-sur-Loire, Sully-sur-Loire and Villemurlin.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Viglain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Viglain