Azay-sur-Cher tourism and travel guide

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Visit Azay-sur-Cher: highlights and tourist information

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

Popular places to visit nearby include Amboise at 12 km and Chateau d'Amboise at 13 km.

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

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

Amboise

at 12 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Amboise guide

Chateau d'Amboise

Castle at 13 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise

Castle at 13 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Tours

at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 13 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 17 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 25 km (direction west)

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

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Loches

at 29 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 30 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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Azay-le-Rideau

at 30 km (direction west-south-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 30 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Langeais

at 33 km (direction west)

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

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Map of places to visit near Azay-sur-Cher

Markets in and near Azay-sur-Cher

• Montlouis-sur-Loire: market Thursday (5km)
• Esvres: market Saturday (8km)
• Cormery: market Thursday (9km)
• Saint-Avertin: market Wednesday & Friday (9km)
• Chambray-les-Tours: market Thursday & Sunday (10km)
• Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (11km)
• Blere: market Tuesday (11km)
• Montbazon: market Tuesday (12km)
• Amboise: market Sunday & Friday (13km)
• Joue-les-Tours: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (14km)

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Tourist attractions near Azay-sur-Cher, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (7km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Montresor (34km)
• Crissay-sur-Manse (35km)
• Lavardin (44km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (13km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (30km)
• Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (39km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (29km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (12km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (13km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (15km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (17km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (25km)
• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (29km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km)
• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (42km)
• Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (45km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (46km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (48km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (13km)
• Blois (45km)
• Richelieu (54km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (13km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (15km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (22km)
• ZooParc de Beauval (40km)

Geography and distances

Azay-sur-Cher is in the eastern-center of France at 13 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Azay-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 Azay-sur-Cher from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Athee-sur-Cher, Larcay, Lussault-sur-Loire, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Saint-Martin-le-Beau and Veretz.

This page in French: Visiter Azay-sur-Cher