Athee-sur-Cher tourism and travel guide

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Visit Athee-sur-Cher: highlights and tourist information

Athee-sur-Cher 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 Athee-sur-Cher in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Amboise at 10 km and Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise at 11 km.

Athee-sur-Cher, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Amboise

at 10 km (direction north-east)

Although it is the castle that attracts visitors to Amboise, you will also enjoy...

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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise

Castle at 11 km (direction north-east)

The Chateau de Clos-Lucé was home to Leonardo da Vinci and you can visit...

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Chateau d'Amboise

Castle at 11 km (direction north-east)

The Chateau d'Amboise is a castle with impressive gardens and a lovely view across...

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Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 11 km (direction east)

The perfectly lovely Chateau-de-Chenonceau includes a renaissance gallery across the river and gardens designed...

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 11 km (direction north-east)

The Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard in Amboise is the first Renaissance manor house...

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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 19 km (direction west-north-west)

The la Psalette cloister and the cathedral of Tours together make a very impressive...

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Tours

at 19 km (direction west-north-west)

Tours is a large important town with numerous monuments, gardens and medieval buildings, and...

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 19 km (direction west-north-west)

The basilica Saint-Martin is an imposing neo-byzantine church in the town of Tours...

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Loches

at 24 km (direction south-south-east)

Numerous historic monuments make the citadel in Loches a very interesting place to visit...

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Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 27 km (direction east-north-east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

The small village of Chaumont-sur-Loire is dominated by the Chateau de Chaumont, one of...

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Montresor

Most Beautiful Village at 28 km (direction east-south-east)

On the Indrois river, it is the quaint old town, the castle and the...

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 31 km (direction west)

The rooms at Chateau de Villandry can be explored, but it is the world...

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 35 km (direction west)

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

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 35 km (direction west)

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

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Markets in and near Athee-sur-Cher

• Blere: market Tuesday (6km)
• Cormery: market Thursday (8km)
• Montlouis-sur-Loire: market Thursday (10km)
• Esvres: market Saturday (11km)
• Amboise: market Sunday & Friday (12km)
• Saint-Branchs: market Wednesday (15km)
• Saint-Avertin: market Wednesday & Friday (15km)
• Chambray-les-Tours: market Thursday & Sunday (16km)
• Montbazon: market Tuesday (16km)
• Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (17km)

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Tourist attractions near Athee-sur-Cher, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (7km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Montresor (28km)
• Crissay-sur-Manse (38km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (19km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (35km)
• Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (35km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (24km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (11km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (15km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (19km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (21km)
• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (26km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (31km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (35km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (42km)
• Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (43km)
• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (44km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (51km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (12km)
• Blois (43km)
• Richelieu (56km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (19km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (21km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (23km)
• ZooParc de Beauval (34km)

Geography and distances

Athee-sur-Cher is in the eastern-center of France at 19 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Athee-sur-Cher is 201 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 Athee-sur-Cher from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Azay-sur-Cher, Blere, Cormery, Dierre, La Croix-en-Touraine, Saint-Martin-le-Beau and Truyes.

This page in French: Visiter Athee-sur-Cher