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Visit Azay-le-Rideau: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The village of Azay-le-Rideau is best known for its castle but also has a pleasant centre with a historic church and mill to explore

Azay-le-Rideau is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Attractions in Azay-le-Rideau

Not the most luxurious or largest castle in the region, it is the beauty and waterside location that gives the Chateau d'Azay-le Rideau its special charm: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

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

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Langeais at 8 km and Langeais at 8 km.

Azay-le-Rideau, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle less than one km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 8 km (direction north-west)

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

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Langeais

at 8 km (direction north-west)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 10 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 12 km (direction south-south-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 13 km (direction west)

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

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Tavant

at 16 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Chinon

at 19 km (direction west-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 20 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 21 km (direction south-west)

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

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

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

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

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Tours

at 22 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 23 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 30 km (direction west)

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

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Map of places to visit near Azay-le-Rideau

Markets in and near Azay-le-Rideau

Market days in Azay-le-Rideau: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday;

• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (8km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (9km)
• Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (14km)
• Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (14km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (15km)
• Joue-les-Tours: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (18km)
• Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (19km)
• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (19km)
• Montbazon: market Tuesday (19km)

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Tourist attractions near Azay-le-Rideau, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (36km)
• Aquarium de Loudun (40km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (12km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (30km)
• Montsoreau (31km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (0km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (22km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (32km)
• Oiron Chateau (54km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loudun (40km)
• Loches (44km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (30km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (30km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (33km)
• Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (58km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (0km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (10km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (21km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (22km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (22km)
• Parc de Lathan (33km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (37km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (49km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (19km)
• Richelieu (30km)
• Saumur (41km)
• Amboise (43km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (22km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (22km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (49km)

Geography and distances

Azay-le-Rideau is in the eastern-center of France at 22 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Azay-le-Rideau is 226 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 Azay-le-Rideau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cheille, Druye, Lignieres-de-Touraine, Sache, Valleres and Villaines-les-Rochers.

This page in French: Visiter Azay-le-Rideau