Couesmes tourism and travel guide

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Visit Couesmes: highlights and tourist information

Couesmes 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 Couesmes in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau du Lude at 17 km and Langeais at 27 km.

Couesmes, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau du Lude

Castle at 17 km (direction west-north-west), in the Sarthe department

The Chateau de Lude and its lovely gardens are the closest of the Loire...

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Langeais

at 27 km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 27 km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 28 km (direction south-east)

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

See Chateau de Villandry guide

Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 32 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours guide

Tours

at 32 km (direction east-south-east)

Tours is a large important town with numerous monuments, gardens and medieval buildings, and...

See Tours guide

Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 32 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters guide

Bauge

at 34 km (direction west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

Bauge is a small traditional town with a small castle - and a very...

See Bauge guide

Azay-le-Rideau

at 35 km (direction south-south-east)

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

See Azay-le-Rideau guide

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 35 km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 35 km (direction south)

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

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Chinon

at 42 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Chinon guide

Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 44 km (direction south-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 44 km (direction south-west)

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

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Map of places to visit near Couesmes

Markets in and near Couesmes

• Chateau-la-Valliere: market Monday (2km)
• Saint-Paterne-Racan: market Thursday (11km)
• Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market Tuesday (16km)
• Chateau-du-Loir: market Saturday (16km)
• Le Lude: market Thursday (17km)
• Noyant: market Friday (18km)
• Neuvy-le-Roi: market Friday (19km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (26km)
• Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (26km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Couesmes, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (47km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Candes-Saint-Martin (44km)
• Montsoreau (44km)
• Lavardin (45km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (32km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (35km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (48km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• La Fleche (35km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (41km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (44km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (48km)
• Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (50km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (50km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (17km)
• Parc de Lathan (17km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (28km)
• Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (30km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (31km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (32km)
• Jardins du château de Poncé (32km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (35km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (42km)
• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (48km)
• Jardin du château de Vilaines (48km)
• Jardins de la Massonnière (58km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (44km)
• Saumur (47km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (32km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (30km)
• Cogners (41km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Spaycific'Zoo (43km)

Geography and distances

Couesmes is in the eastern-center of France at 32 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Couesmes is 207 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 Couesmes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Breches, Chateau-la-Valliere, Chenu, Souvigne and Villiers-Au-Bouin.

This page in French: Visiter Couesmes