Lignieres-de-Touraine tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chateau de Langeais at 3 km from Lignieres-de-Touraine

Visit Lignieres-de-Touraine: highlights and tourist information

Lignieres-de-Touraine is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Langeais at 3 km and Langeais at 4 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Lignieres-de-Touraine, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Lignieres-de-Touraine in Centre-Loire Valley.

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

Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 3 km (direction )

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

See Chateau de Langeais guide

Langeais

at 4 km (direction )

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

See Langeais guide

Azay-le-Rideau

at 6 km (direction east-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 6 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau guide

Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 9 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Chateau de Villandry guide

Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 10 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Chateau d'Ussé guide

Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction south-south-east)

Explore the lovely stone houses and narrow streets in the tiny village...

See Crissay-sur-Manse guide

Chinon

at 17 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Chinon guide

Tavant

at 19 km (direction south)

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

See Tavant guide

Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 19 km (direction south-west)

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

See Chateau de Chinon guide

Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 22 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Chateau du Rivau guide

Tours

at 24 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 24 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

Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 27 km (direction west-south-west)

In the village of Candes-Saint-Martin, a 'most beautiful village in France', you...

See Candes-Saint-Martin guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Indre-et-Loire

Map of places to visit near Lignieres-de-Touraine

Markets in and near Lignieres-de-Touraine

• Langeais: market Sunday (3km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (14km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (15km)
• Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (16km)
• Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (18km)
• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (18km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (18km)
• Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (19km)
• Avoine: market Friday (20km)

Hotels near Lignieres-de-Touraine

More information about Lignieres-de-Touraine, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Lignieres-de-Touraine, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (39km)
• Aquarium de Loudun (40km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (17km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (27km)
• Montsoreau (28km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (6km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (24km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (30km)
• Oiron Chateau (53km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loudun (40km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (46km)
• Loches (49km)
• La Fleche (57km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (27km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (27km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (30km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (6km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (9km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (22km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (24km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (24km)
• Parc de Lathan (28km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (39km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (43km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (18km)
• Richelieu (32km)
• Saumur (37km)
• Amboise (46km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (24km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (23km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (51km)

Geography and distances

Lignieres-de-Touraine is in the eastern-center of France at 24 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Lignieres-de-Touraine is 226 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 Lignieres-de-Touraine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Azay-le-Rideau, Brehemont, Cheille, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, La Chapelle-Aux-Naux, Langeais, Rivarennes, Saint-Michel-sur-Loire and Valleres.

This page in French: Visiter Lignieres-de-Touraine