Bouges-le-Chateau tourism and travel guide

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Visit Bouges-le-Chateau: highlights and tourist information

Bouges-le-Chateau is situated in the Indre 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 Bouges-le-Chateau in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Valencay at 15 km and Valencay at 16 km.

Bouges-le-Chateau, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Valencay

Castle at 15 km (direction north-west)

The renaissance style castle and formal gardens make the Chateau de Valencay among the...

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Valencay

at 16 km (direction north-west)

The castle is the main attraction in Valencay, but we also suggest a visit...

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Chateauroux

at 26 km (direction south)

A little remote from the main tourist routes, Chateauroux is quite a sprawling town...

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Issoudun

at 26 km (direction east-south-east)

There are few important monuments here in Issoudun, but we enjoyed a stroll around...

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Montresor

Most Beautiful Village at 38 km (direction west-north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Mehun-sur-Yevre

at 43 km (direction east), in the Cher department

The castle and the 11th century Collegiale Notre-Dame are among several sights of importance...

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Brenne Regional Natural Park

Natural Parc at 47 km (direction west-south-west)

This quiet region of small lakes and fields is a perfect place for cycling...

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Saint-Chartier

at 49 km (direction south-east)

Take a stroll through the grounds of the castle here in the quiet town...

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Nohant-Vic

at 50 km (direction south-east)

The 18th century French manor house where George Sand lived is the main attraction...

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Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 55 km (direction west-north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 61 km (direction north-west), 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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Reserve excursions near Bouges-le-Chateau

Map of places to visit near Bouges-le-Chateau

Markets in and near Bouges-le-Chateau

• Levroux: market Monday (8km)
• Vatan: market Wednesday (11km)
• Valencay: market Tuesday (16km)
• Gracay: market Thursday (17km)
• Villedieu-sur-Indre: market Wednesday (24km)
• Chabris: market Saturday (24km)
• Buzancais: market Friday (25km)
• Gievres: market Tuesday (26km)
• Chateauroux: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday all day & Friday (26km)
• Issoudun: market Saturday all day (26km)

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Tourist attractions near Bouges-le-Chateau, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Montresor (38km)

National Monuments

• Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (0km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Valencay (16km)
• Mehun-sur-Yevre (43km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Brenne (52km)

Churches and religious monuments

• St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (38km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin du château de Bouges (0km)
• Jardin du domaine de George Sand (50km)
• Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (61km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Etangs de la Brenne (52km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Vatan (11km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Veuil (14km)
• Chateauroux (26km)
• Issoudun (26km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• ZooParc de Beauval (33km)

Geography and distances

Bouges-le-Chateau is in the eastern-center of France at 26 kilometres from Chateauroux, the department capital (general information: Bouges-le-Chateau is 208 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Bouges-le-Chateau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bretagne, Fontenay, Guilly and Rouvres-les-Bois.

This page in French: Visiter Bouges-le-Chateau