Azay-sur-Indre tourism and travel guide

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Visit Azay-sur-Indre: highlights and tourist information

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

Popular places to visit nearby include Loches at 12 km and Chateau de Chenonceau at 16 km.

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

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

Loches

at 12 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 Chenonceau

Castle at 16 km (direction north-east)

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

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Montresor

Most Beautiful Village at 20 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Amboise

at 22 km (direction east-south-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 23 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise guide

Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

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

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

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Chateau d'Amboise

Castle at 23 km (direction north-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 28 km (direction north-west)

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

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Tours

at 28 km (direction 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 29 km (direction north-west)

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

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Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 35 km (direction 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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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 35 km (direction west)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 36 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 37 km (direction west)

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

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Map of places to visit near Azay-sur-Indre

Markets in and near Azay-sur-Indre

• Loches: market Wednesday all day & Saturday (10km)
• Cormery: market Thursday (10km)
• Blere: market Tuesday (13km)
• Saint-Branchs: market Wednesday (13km)
• Manthelan: market Thursday (14km)
• Esvres: market Saturday (15km)
• Montbazon: market Tuesday (20km)
• Ligueil: market Monday (21km)
• Montlouis-sur-Loire: market Thursday (22km)
• Chambray-les-Tours: market Thursday & Sunday (23km)

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Tourist attractions near Azay-sur-Indre, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (20km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Montresor (20km)
• Crissay-sur-Manse (35km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (28km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (37km)
• Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (40km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (12km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (16km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (28km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (28km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (29km)
• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (35km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (37km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (49km)
• Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (51km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (23km)
• Blois (51km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (28km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (30km)
• Veuil (45km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• ZooParc de Beauval (31km)
• Réserve de Beaumarchais (35km)

Geography and distances

Azay-sur-Indre is in the eastern-center of France at 28 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Azay-sur-Indre is 211 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-Indre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Chambourg-sur-Indre, Chedigny, Cigogne, Courcay, Dolus-le-Sec, Reignac-sur-Indre and Sublaines.

This page in French: Visiter Azay-sur-Indre