Baule tourism and travel guide
Visit Baule: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsBaule is situated in the Loiret department and Loire Valley region (now part of the Centre-Loire Valley region), in the western-centre of France at 20 kilometres from Orleans, the department capital (general information: Baule is 127 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Meung-sur-Loire at 3 km and Beaugency at 5 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Baule, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Baule in Centre-Loire Valley.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Loiret
Map of places to visit near Baule
Markets in and near Baule
- Meung-sur-Loire: market Sunday (3km)
- Beaugency: market Saturday all day (5km)
- Saint-Laurent-Nouan: market Friday (11km)
- Ouzouer-le-Marche: market Friday (15km)
- Mer: market Monday (17km)
- Orleans: market every day except Monday (20km)
- Marchenoir: market Tuesday (21km)
- La Ferte-Saint-Aubin: market Thursday (23km)
- Fleury-les-Aubrais: market Tuesday & Sunday (23km)
- Montlivault: market Tuesday (25km)
More information about Baule, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Baule, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Baule.
National Monuments
- Talcy Chateau (18km)
- Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (47km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Beaugency (5km)
- Chateaudun (38km)
Remarkable gardens
- Les prés-Culand (3km)
- Jardin du château de Talcy (18km)
- Parc Floral de la Source (20km)
- Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (35km)
- Parc du château de Beauregard (37km)
- Arboretum des grandes bruyères (45km)
- Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (52km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Blois (35km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Olivet (18km)
- Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (19km)
- Saint-Cyr-en-Val (22km)
- Fleury-les-Aubrais (23km)
- Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (49km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Baule
Canton: Beaugency
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45130
Distance to Baule
from Orleans (prefecture): 20 km
from Paris: 127 km
from Calais: 349 km
from Nice: 630 km
from Bordeaux: 373 km
from Strasbourg: 458 km
Getting here
Baule is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Baule from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beaugency, Dry, Lailly-en-Val, Le Bardon, Messas, Meung-sur-Loire, Saint-Ay, Tavers and Villorceau.
This page in French: Visiter Baule
