Chateauroux tourism and travel guide

Visit Chateauroux: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: A little remote from the main tourist routes, Chateauroux is quite a sprawling town but has some sites of interest in its historic centre
Chateauroux is situated in the Indre department and Centre-Loire Valley region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Chateauroux. For detailed visitor information see the Chateauroux travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Chateauroux include "ville fleurie 4*".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Chateauroux in Centre-Loire Valley.
Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Chartier at 27 km and Argenton-sur-Creuse at 28 km.
Chateauroux, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Nohant-Vic
at 27 km (direction east-south-east)The 18th century French manor house where George Sand lived is the...
See Nohant-Vic guide

Saint-Chartier
at 27 km (direction east-south-east)Take a stroll through the grounds of the castle here in the...
See Saint-Chartier guide

Argenton-sur-Creuse
at 28 km (direction south-west)There are several churches of interest here in Argenton-sur-Creuse, and a very...
See Argenton-sur-Creuse guide

Issoudun
at 28 km (direction east-north-east)There are few important monuments here in Issoudun, but we enjoyed a...
See Issoudun guide

La Chatre
at 33 km (direction south-east)La Chatre is a small town and quick to explore - before...
See La Chatre guide

Gargilesse-Dampierre
Most Beautiful Village at 33 km (direction south-south-west)Gargilesse-Dampierre is a very small village, but also very pretty and in...
See Gargilesse-Dampierre guide

Brenne Regional Natural Park
Natural Parc at 37 km (direction west)This quiet region of small lakes and fields is a perfect place...
See Brenne Regional Natural Park guide

Chateau de Valencay
Castle at 40 km (direction north-north-west)The renaissance style castle and formal gardens make the Chateau de Valencay...
See Chateau de Valencay guide

Valencay
at 41 km (direction north-north-west)The castle is the main attraction in Valencay, but we also suggest...
See Valencay guide

Saint-Benoit-du-Sault
Most Beautiful Village at 47 km (direction south-west)The unspoiled medieval streets in the 'most beautiful village' of Saint-Benoit-de-Sault quickly...
See Saint-Benoit-du-Sault guide

Montresor
Most Beautiful Village at 54 km (direction north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentOn the Indrois river, it is the quaint old town, the castle...
See Montresor guide

Mehun-sur-Yevre
at 55 km (direction north-east), in the Cher departmentThe castle and the 11th century Collegiale Notre-Dame are among several sights...
See Mehun-sur-Yevre guide

Culan
at 57 km (direction east-south-east), in the Cher departmentThe castle at Culan is one of the most interesting in the...
See Culan guide
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Map of places to visit near Chateauroux
Markets in and near Chateauroux
Market days in Chateauroux: weekly market: Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday all day & Friday;
- Chateauroux: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday all day & Friday (0km)
- Villedieu-sur-Indre: market Wednesday (13km)
- Levroux: market Monday (20km)
- Buzancais: market Friday (24km)
- Issoudun: market Saturday all day (28km)
- Saint-Gaultier: market Friday (28km)
- Argenton-sur-Creuse: market Saturday (29km)
- Vatan: market Wednesday (31km)
- Palluau-sur-Indre: market Sunday (33km)
- Lignieres: market Monday (37km)
More information about Chateauroux, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Chateauroux, France
What to do at Chateauroux? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chateauroux.
Heritage sites
- Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre collegiale St Etienne (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (25km)
- Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (53km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (47km)
- Montresor (54km)
National Monuments
- Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (26km)
- George Sand House (29km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- La Chatre (33km)
- Valencay (41km)
- Mehun-sur-Yevre (55km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Brenne (38km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (45km)
- Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (47km)
- St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (53km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du château de Bouges (26km)
- Jardin du domaine de George Sand (27km)
- Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (44km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Etangs de la Brenne (38km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Vatan (31km)
- Eguzon-Chantome (41km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Issoudun (28km)
- Veuil (37km)
Geography and distances
Chateauroux is in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Indre department (general information: Chateauroux is 233 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Chateauroux
Canton: Châteauroux
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
New region: Centre-Loire Valley
Postcode: 36000
Distance to Chateauroux
from Chateauroux (prefecture): 1 km
from Paris: 233 km
from Calais: 461 km
from Nice: 556 km
from Bordeaux: 281 km
from Strasbourg: 494 km
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 Chateauroux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 3 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Deols, Le Poinconnet and Saint-Maur.
This page in French: Visiter Chateauroux