Couture-sur-Loir tourism and travel guide

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Visit Couture-sur-Loir: highlights and tourist information

Couture-sur-Loir is situated in the Loir-et-Cher 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 Couture-sur-Loir in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Lavardin at 15 km and Vendome at 29 km.

Couture-sur-Loir, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Lavardin

Most Beautiful Village at 15 km (direction east)

With a river and ancient bridge below and an ancient castle above Lavardin, it...

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Vendome

at 29 km (direction east)

Now listed as a 'town of art and history', Vendome retains many monuments from...

See Vendome guide

Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 40 km (direction south), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

See Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters guide

Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 40 km (direction south), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Tours

at 40 km (direction south), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Chateau du Lude

Castle at 41 km (direction west-south-west), in the Sarthe department

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

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Chateau d'Amboise

Castle at 44 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire department

The Chateau d'Amboise is a castle with impressive gardens and a lovely view across...

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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise

Castle at 45 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire department

The Chateau de Clos-Lucé was home to Leonardo da Vinci and you can visit...

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Amboise

at 45 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire department

Although it is the castle that attracts visitors to Amboise, you will also enjoy...

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 45 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire department

The Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard in Amboise is the first Renaissance manor house...

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Le Mans

at 46 km (direction west-north-west), in the Sarthe department

Le Mans is best known for its famous car race, but also has a...

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 48 km (direction south-south-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 48 km (direction east-south-east)

The small village of Chaumont-sur-Loire is dominated by the Chateau de Chaumont, one of...

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La Ferte-Bernard

at 48 km (direction east-south-east), in the Sarthe department

The medieval character and picturesque setting make La Ferté-Bernard one of our favourite towns...

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Reserve excursions near Couture-sur-Loir

Map of places to visit near Couture-sur-Loir

Markets in and near Couture-sur-Loir

• Besse-sur-Braye: market Saturday (10km)
• Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market Saturday (13km)
• Savigny-sur-Braye: market Tuesday (17km)
• Neuvy-le-Roi: market Friday (18km)
• Saint-Calais: market Thursday all day & Sunday (19km)
• Le Grand-Luce: market Wednesday all day (21km)
• Chateau-du-Loir: market Saturday (21km)
• Saint-Paterne-Racan: market Thursday (23km)
• Chateau-Renault: market Tuesday & Saturday (25km)
• Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market Tuesday (25km)

More information about Couture-sur-Loir, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Couture-sur-Loir, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (44km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Lavardin (15km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (40km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (42km)
• Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (46km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Poncé (3km)
• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (19km)
• Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (35km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (36km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (40km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (41km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (41km)
• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (48km)
• Parc de Lathan (50km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (43km)
• Le Mans (44km)

Towns of Art and history

• Vendome (29km)
• Tours (40km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Cogners (13km)
• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (39km)
• Coulaines (47km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (34km)
• Spaycific'Zoo (45km)

Geography and distances

Couture-sur-Loir is in the western-centre of France at 51 kilometres from Blois, the department capital (general information: Couture-sur-Loir is 174 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Couture-sur-Loir from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Artins, La Chapelle-Gaugain, Lavenay, Les Essarts, Montrouveau, Ponce-sur-le-Loir, Ruille-sur-Loir, Souge, Trehet and Villedieu-le-Chateau.

This page in French: Visiter Couture-sur-Loir