Assay tourism and travel guide

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Visit Assay: highlights and tourist information

Assay is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Assay in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau du Rivau at 4 km and Tavant at 9 km.

Assay, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 4 km (direction north-east)

One of the more modest castles in the region, both the Chateau de Rivau...

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Tavant

at 9 km (direction east-north-east)

Tavant is a small village but a visit to se the murals in the...

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Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 11 km (direction north-north-west)

Château de Chinon retains more medieval elements than most Loire Valley castles...

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Chinon

at 13 km (direction north-north-west)

As well as the castle, Chinon has a very impressive medieval centre to explore...

See Chinon guide

Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction east-north-east)

Explore the lovely stone houses and narrow streets in the tiny village of Crissay-sur-Manse...

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 20 km (direction east-north-east)

The imposing Chateau d'Usse, next to the Loire, is an imposing medieval-renaissance castle surrounded...

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Fontevraud Abbey

Abbey at 22 km (direction west-north-west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

The Fontevraud Abbey has a great deal to see: it is one of the...

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Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church

Church at 22 km (direction west-north-west)

The collegiate church of Candes-Saint-Martin has numerous medieval statues incorporated in the facade and...

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 22 km (direction west-north-west)

In the village of Candes-Saint-Martin, a 'most beautiful village in France', you can see...

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Montsoreau

Most Beautiful Village at 24 km (direction west-north-west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

Montsoreau, listed as a 'most beautiful villages in France', also has an interesting troglodyte...

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 25 km (direction north-east)

Not the most luxurious or largest castle in the region, it is the beauty...

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 25 km (direction north-east)

The village of Azay-le-Rideau is best known for its castle but also has a...

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 29 km (direction north-north-east)

Château de Langeais is a medieval-renaissance castle with nicely furnished rooms and the oldest...

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Langeais

at 29 km (direction north-north-east)

Langeais is a small town with a pretty town centre, best known for the...

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Map of places to visit near Assay

Markets in and near Assay

• Richelieu: market Monday & Friday (7km)
• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (12km)
• Avoine: market Friday (17km)
• Loudun: market Tuesday (17km)
• Montsoreau: market Sunday (24km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (25km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (25km)
• Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine: market Friday (26km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (29km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (31km)

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Tourist attractions near Assay, France

What to do at Assay? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Assay.

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Loudun (17km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (17km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (22km)
• Montsoreau (24km)
• Angles-sur-l'Anglin (62km)

National Monuments

• Fontevraud Abbey (22km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (25km)
• Oiron Chateau (31km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (47km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loudun (17km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (34km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (25km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (22km)
• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (22km)
• Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (34km)
• Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (39km)
• Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (43km)
• Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (49km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (49km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins du château du Rivau (4km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (25km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (34km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (45km)
• Parc de Lathan (46km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (47km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (61km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Richelieu (7km)
• Chinon (12km)
• Saumur (35km)

Amusement park / theme park

• Futuroscope (45km)

Towns of Art and history

• Thouars (40km)
• Tours (47km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (46km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Doué-la-Fontaine (46km)

Geography and distances

Assay is in the eastern-center of France at 47 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Assay is 250 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Assay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Ceaux-en-Loudun, Champigny-sur-Veude, Chaveignes, Lemere, Ligre and Marcay.

This page in French: Visiter Assay