Cravant-les-Coteaux tourism and travel guide

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Visit Cravant-les-Coteaux: highlights and tourist information

Cravant-les-Coteaux 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 Cravant-les-Coteaux in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Tavant at 5 km and Chateau du Rivau at 6 km.

Cravant-les-Coteaux, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Tavant

at 5 km (direction south-east)

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

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Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 6 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 8 km (direction west)

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

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Chinon

at 9 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 11 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 11 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 14 km (direction north-east)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 15 km (direction north-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 19 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Langeais

at 19 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 21 km (direction west-north-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 21 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Fontevraud Abbey

Abbey at 22 km (direction west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

The Fontevraud Abbey has a great deal to see: it is one of the...

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Montsoreau

Most Beautiful Village at 23 km (direction west-north-west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

Montsoreau, listed as a 'most beautiful villages in France', also has an interesting troglodyte...

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Map of places to visit near Cravant-les-Coteaux

Markets in and near Cravant-les-Coteaux

• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (7km)
• Avoine: market Friday (13km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (15km)
• Richelieu: market Monday & Friday (16km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (19km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (19km)
• Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine: market Friday (22km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (22km)
• Montsoreau: market Sunday (23km)
• Loudun: market Tuesday (26km)

More information about Cravant-les-Coteaux, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Cravant-les-Coteaux, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Loudun (26km)
• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (50km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (11km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (21km)
• Montsoreau (23km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (14km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (22km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (37km)
• Oiron Chateau (39km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loudun (26km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (38km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (23km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (21km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (22km)
• Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (43km)
• Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (48km)
• Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (48km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (48km)
• Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (52km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins du château du Rivau (8km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (15km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (24km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (35km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (37km)
• Parc de Lathan (38km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (52km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (7km)
• Richelieu (16km)
• Saumur (34km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (37km)
• Thouars (47km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (36km)

Geography and distances

Cravant-les-Coteaux is in the eastern-center of France at 37 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Cravant-les-Coteaux is 240 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 Cravant-les-Coteaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anche, Ligre, Panzoult, Riviere, Sazilly and Tavant.

This page in French: Visiter Cravant-les-Coteaux