Cheille tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau at 5 km from Cheille

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Visit Cheille: highlights and tourist information

Cheille 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 Cheille in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau at 5 km and Azay-le-Rideau at 5 km.

Cheille, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 5 km (direction east)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 5 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 7 km (direction east)

Château de Langeais is a medieval-renaissance castle with nicely furnished rooms and the oldest...

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Langeais

at 7 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 9 km (direction west)

The imposing Chateau d'Usse, next to the Loire, is an imposing medieval-renaissance castle surrounded...

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 12 km (direction north-east)

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

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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 14 km (direction south-east)

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

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Chinon

at 15 km (direction west-south-west)

As well as the castle, Chinon has a very impressive medieval centre to explore...

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Tavant

at 15 km (direction south)

Tavant is a small village but a visit to se the murals in the...

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Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 16 km (direction west-south-west)

Château de Chinon retains more medieval elements than most Loire Valley castles...

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Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 19 km (direction south-south-west)

One of the more modest castles in the region, both the Chateau de Rivau...

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 26 km (direction west)

In the village of Candes-Saint-Martin, a 'most beautiful village in France', you can see...

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Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church

Church at 26 km (direction west)

The collegiate church of Candes-Saint-Martin has numerous medieval statues incorporated in the facade and...

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 26 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Markets in and near Cheille

• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (5km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (7km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (14km)
• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (15km)
• Avoine: market Friday (18km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (18km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (18km)
• Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (18km)
• Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (18km)
• Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (21km)

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Tourist attractions near Cheille, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Loudun (37km)
• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (41km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (14km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (26km)
• Montsoreau (27km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (5km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (26km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (28km)
• Oiron Chateau (50km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loudun (37km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (44km)
• Loches (48km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (26km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (25km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (28km)
• Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (55km)
• Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (59km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (5km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (12km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (20km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (24km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (26km)
• Parc de Lathan (30km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (41km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (47km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (15km)
• Richelieu (28km)
• Saumur (37km)
• Amboise (47km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (26km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (25km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (53km)

Geography and distances

Cheille is in the eastern-center of France at 26 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Cheille is 229 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 Cheille from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Azay-le-Rideau, Brehemont, Lignieres-de-Touraine, Rivarennes, Saint-Michel-sur-Loire and Valleres.

This page in French: Visiter Cheille