La Celle-Saint-Avant tourism and travel guide

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Visit La Celle-Saint-Avant: highlights and tourist information

La Celle-Saint-Avant 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 La Celle-Saint-Avant in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Crissay-sur-Manse at 17 km and Tavant at 20 km.

La Celle-Saint-Avant, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction north-west)

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

See Crissay-sur-Manse guide

Tavant

at 20 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Tavant guide

Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 23 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Chateau du Rivau guide

Chatellerault

at 23 km (direction south-south-west), in the Vienne department

The quiet regional town of Chatellerault has some notable 18th century townhouses...

See Chatellerault guide

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 28 km (direction north-north-west)

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

See Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau guide

Azay-le-Rideau

at 29 km (direction north-north-west)

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

See Azay-le-Rideau guide

La Roche-Posay

at 31 km (direction south-east), in the Vienne department

The castle donjon and the medieval gateway are the main historical monuments in the...

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Loches

at 31 km (direction east-north-east)

Numerous historic monuments make the citadel in Loches a very interesting place to visit...

See Loches guide

Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 32 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chinon

at 33 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Chinon guide

Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 35 km (direction north-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 36 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 37 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Langeais

at 37 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Reserve excursions near La Celle-Saint-Avant

Map of places to visit near La Celle-Saint-Avant

Markets in and near La Celle-Saint-Avant

• Descartes: market Sunday (9km)
• Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine: market Friday (10km)
• Ligueil: market Monday (16km)
• Manthelan: market Thursday (19km)
• Le Grand-Pressigny: market Thursday (19km)
• Richelieu: market Monday & Friday (21km)
• Chatellerault: market Wednesday & Thursday all day & Saturday (23km)
• Saint-Branchs: market Wednesday (26km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (27km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (29km)

More information about La Celle-Saint-Avant, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near La Celle-Saint-Avant, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Loudun (40km)
• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (47km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (17km)
• Angles-sur-l'Anglin (42km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (45km)
• Montsoreau (47km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (28km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (42km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (46km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (31km)
• Loudun (39km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (48km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (45km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (46km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins du château du Rivau (21km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (29km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (41km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (42km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (49km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Richelieu (21km)
• Chinon (32km)
• Amboise (53km)

Amusement park / theme park

• Futuroscope (43km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (42km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (42km)

Geography and distances

La Celle-Saint-Avant is in the eastern-center of France at 42 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: La Celle-Saint-Avant is 242 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 La Celle-Saint-Avant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Buxeuil, Drache, Maille, Marce-sur-Esves, Marcilly-sur-Vienne, Nouatre, Port-de-Piles, Ports, Pussigny and Sepmes.

This page in French: Visiter La Celle-Saint-Avant