Villefranche-sur-Cher travel guide
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Visit Villefranche-sur-Cher: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villefranche-sur-Cher is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 47 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Villefranche-sur-Cher is 179 km from Paris and 406 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Valencay at 21 km from Villefranche-sur-Cher
Popular places to visit near Villefranche-sur-Cher: these include Valencay at 21 km and Chateau de Valencay at 21 km.
Valencay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km and Veuil is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 27km. 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 Villefranche-sur-Cher, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefranche-sur-Cher
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 Villefranche-sur-Cher.
Note that all distances from Villefranche-sur-Cher shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villefranche-sur-Cher holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefranche-sur-Cher (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 Loir-et-Cher 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 Villefranche-sur-Cher and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Bouges (29km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (40km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (47km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (49km) :
- National Monuments: Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (29km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (45km) :
- Religious monuments: St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Veuil (27km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (38km) : Issoudun (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (21km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Villefranche-sur-Cher & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villefranche-sur-Cher
Canton: Mennetou-sur-Cher
Arrondissement: Romorantin-Lanthenay
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41200
Distance to Villefranche-sur-Cher
from Blois: 47 km
from Paris: 179 km
from Calais: 406 km
from Nice: 586 km
from Bordeaux: 328 km
from Strasbourg: 468 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefranche-sur-Cher): La Chapelle-Montmartin, Langon, Saint-Julien-sur-Cher and Saint-Loup.
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 Villefranche-sur-Cher from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villefranche-sur-Cher