Villedieu-le-Chateau travel guide
Visit Villedieu-le-Chateau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 18 km from Villedieu-le-Chateau
Location: Villedieu-le-Chateau is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 53 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Villedieu-le-Chateau is 178 km from Paris and 370 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Villedieu-le-Chateau: these include Lavardin at 18 km and Vendome at 32 km. Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed remarkable garden at 5 km and Cogners is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 16 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Villedieu-le-Chateau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villedieu-le-Chateau
See France This Way travel guides for Loir-et-Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villedieu-le-Chateau.
Note that all distances from Villedieu-le-Chateau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villedieu-le-Chateau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Loir-et-Cher gites and villas
Markets near Villedieu-le-Chateau
- Neuvy-le-Roi: market every Friday (14km)
- Besse-sur-Braye: market every Saturday (14km)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (16km)
- Chateau-du-Loir: market every Saturday (17km)
- Saint-Paterne-Racan: market every Thursday (18km)
- Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market every Tuesday (21km)
- Le Grand-Luce: market every Wednesday all day (21km)
- Savigny-sur-Braye: market every Tuesday (21km)
- Saint-Calais: market every Thursday all day & Sunday (24km)
- Chateau-Renault: market every Tuesday & Saturday (24km)
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 Villedieu-le-Chateau and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Villedieu-le-Chateau map below.
Aquarium Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (42km)
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (18km)
National Monument Cloisters of la Psalette (36km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (43km); Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (46km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Poncé (5km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (22km); Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (33km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (34km); Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (36km); Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (37km); Parc et jardins du château du Lude (38km); Parc de Lathan (46km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (48km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Tours (37km); Amboise (42km); Le Mans (44km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (33km); Tours (36km); Amboise (42km); Le Mans (46km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cogners (16km); Vendome (33km); Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (36km); Tours (37km); Coulaines (47km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (34km); Spaycific'Zoo (44km)
Map of places to visit near Villedieu-le-Chateau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villedieu-le-Château
Canton: Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41800
Distance to Villedieu-le-Chateau
from Blois (local prefecture): 53 km
from Paris: 178 km
from Calais: 370 km
from Nice: 681 km
from Bordeaux: 334 km
from Strasbourg: 535 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villedieu-le-Chateau): Beaumont-sur-Deme, Couture-sur-Loir, Epeigne-sur-Deme, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Les Essarts, Montrouveau, Ponce-sur-le-Loir, Ruille-sur-Loir, Souge and Trehet.
Getting here
Loir-et-Cher is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Villedieu-le-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villedieu-le-Chateau