Langeais tourism and travel guide

Visit Langeais: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: Langeais is a small town with a pretty town centre, best known for the castle in the town
Langeais is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department and Centre-Loire Valley region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Langeais. For detailed visitor information see the Langeais travel guide.
Attractions in Langeais

Château de Langeais is a medieval-renaissance castle with nicely furnished rooms and the oldest castle keep in France: Chateau de Langeais
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Langeais in Centre-Loire Valley.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Villandry at 8 km and Azay-le-Rideau at 8 km.
Langeais, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Chateau de Langeais
Castle less than one km (direction west-north-west)Château de Langeais is a medieval-renaissance castle with nicely furnished rooms and...
See Chateau de Langeais guide

Chateau de Villandry
Castle at 8 km (direction east)The rooms at Chateau de Villandry can be explored, but it is...
See Chateau de Villandry guide

Azay-le-Rideau
at 8 km (direction south-east)The village of Azay-le-Rideau is best known for its castle but also...
See Azay-le-Rideau guide

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau
Castle at 8 km (direction south-east)Not the most luxurious or largest castle in the region, it is...
See Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau guide

Chateau d'Ussé
Castle at 12 km (direction west-south-west)The imposing Chateau d'Usse, next to the Loire, is an imposing medieval-renaissance...
See Chateau d'Ussé guide

Chinon
at 20 km (direction south-west)As well as the castle, Chinon has a very impressive medieval centre...
See Chinon guide

Crissay-sur-Manse
Most Beautiful Village at 20 km (direction south-south-east)Explore the lovely stone houses and narrow streets in the tiny village...
See Crissay-sur-Manse guide

Chateau de Chinon
Castle at 22 km (direction south-west)Château de Chinon retains more medieval elements than most Loire Valley castles...
See Chateau de Chinon guide

Tavant
at 22 km (direction south)Tavant is a small village but a visit to se the murals...
See Tavant guide

Tours
at 22 km (direction east-north-east)Tours is a large important town with numerous monuments, gardens and medieval...
See Tours guide

Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters
Cathedral at 23 km (direction east-north-east)The la Psalette cloister and the cathedral of Tours together make a...
See Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters guide

Chateau du Rivau
Castle at 25 km (direction south-south-west)One of the more modest castles in the region, both the Chateau...
See Chateau du Rivau guide

Candes-Saint-Martin
Most Beautiful Village at 28 km (direction west-south-west)In the village of Candes-Saint-Martin, a 'most beautiful village in France', you...
See Candes-Saint-Martin guide

Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church
Church at 28 km (direction west-south-west)The collegiate church of Candes-Saint-Martin has numerous medieval statues incorporated in the...
See Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church guide
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Indre-et-Loire
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Markets in and near Langeais
Market days in Langeais: weekly market: Sunday;
- Langeais: market Sunday (0km)
- Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (8km)
- Luynes: market Saturday (13km)
- Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (15km)
- Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (15km)
- Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (17km)
- Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (18km)
- Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (19km)
- Joue-les-Tours: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (19km)
- Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (21km)
More information about Langeais, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Langeais, France
What to do at Langeais? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Langeais.
Aquarium
- Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (38km)
- Aquarium de Loudun (43km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Crissay-sur-Manse (20km)
- Candes-Saint-Martin (28km)
- Montsoreau (29km)
National Monuments
- Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (8km)
- Cloisters of la Psalette (22km)
- Fontevraud Abbey (31km)
- Oiron Chateau (55km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Loudun (43km)
- Montreuil-Bellay (47km)
- Loches (50km)
- La Fleche (55km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Loire-Anjou-Touraine (27km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (28km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (31km)
Remarkable gardens
- Les jardins du château de Villandry (8km)
- Les jardins de la Chatonnière (8km)
- Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (20km)
- Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (22km)
- Parc de Lathan (25km)
- Les jardins du château du Rivau (27km)
- Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (38km)
- Parc et jardins du château du Lude (41km)
- Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (59km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Towns of Art and history
- Tours (22km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (21km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Réserve de Beaumarchais (49km)
Geography and distances
Langeais is in the eastern-center of France at 22 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Langeais is 223 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Langeais
Canton: Langeais
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
New region: Centre-Loire Valley
Postcode: 37130
Distance to Langeais
from Tours (prefecture): 22 km
from Paris: 223 km
from Calais: 417 km
from Nice: 669 km
from Bordeaux: 287 km
from Strasbourg: 564 km
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 Langeais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Brehemont, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, La Chapelle-Aux-Naux, Lignieres-de-Touraine, Saint-Michel-sur-Loire and Valleres.
This page in French: Visiter Langeais
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