Avrille-les-Ponceaux tourism and travel guide

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Visit Avrille-les-Ponceaux: highlights and tourist information

Avrille-les-Ponceaux 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 Avrille-les-Ponceaux in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Langeais at 12 km and Chateau de Langeais at 12 km.

Avrille-les-Ponceaux, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Langeais

at 12 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 12 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 16 km (direction south)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 18 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 20 km (direction south-east)

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 20 km (direction south-east)

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

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Chinon

at 23 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 25 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 26 km (direction south-west)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church

Church at 26 km (direction south-west)

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

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Montsoreau

Most Beautiful Village at 26 km (direction south-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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Fontevraud Abbey

Abbey at 29 km (direction south-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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Chateau du Lude

Castle at 30 km (direction north-north-west), in the Sarthe department

The Chateau de Lude and its lovely gardens are the closest of the Loire...

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 30 km (direction east)

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

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Markets in and near Avrille-les-Ponceaux

• Langeais: market Sunday (12km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (16km)
• Chateau-la-Valliere: market Monday (17km)
• Noyant: market Friday (19km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (20km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (20km)
• Avoine: market Friday (22km)
• Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (23km)
• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (25km)
• Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (25km)

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Tourist attractions near Avrille-les-Ponceaux, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Loudun (45km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Candes-Saint-Martin (26km)
• Montsoreau (26km)
• Crissay-sur-Manse (31km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (20km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (29km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (30km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• La Fleche (43km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (44km)
• Loudun (45km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (24km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (26km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (30km)
• Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (40km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (40km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de Lathan (13km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (18km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (20km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (28km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (30km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (30km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (35km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (45km)
• Jardins du château de Poncé (50km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (25km)
• Saumur (32km)
• Richelieu (42km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (30km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (29km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Doué-la-Fontaine (50km)

Geography and distances

Avrille-les-Ponceaux is in the eastern-center of France at 30 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Avrille-les-Ponceaux is 223 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 Avrille-les-Ponceaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Continvoir, Hommes, Les Essards and Savigne-sur-Lathan.

This page in French: Visiter Avrille-les-Ponceaux