Ligueil tourism and travel guide

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Visit Ligueil: highlights and tourist information

Ligueil 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 Ligueil in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Loches at 16 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 28 km.

Ligueil, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Loches

at 16 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Loches guide

Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 28 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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La Roche-Posay

at 28 km (direction south), in the Vienne department

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

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Montresor

Most Beautiful Village at 32 km (direction east-north-east)

On the Indrois river, it is the quaint old town, the castle and the...

See Montresor guide

Chatellerault

at 32 km (direction south-west), in the Vienne department

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

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Tavant

at 34 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

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

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

See Azay-le-Rideau guide

Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 37 km (direction north-east)

The perfectly lovely Chateau-de-Chenonceau includes a renaissance gallery across the river and gardens designed...

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Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 38 km (direction west)

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

See Chateau du Rivau guide

Angles-sur-l'Anglin

Most Beautiful Village at 39 km (direction south), in the Vienne department

The pretty village of Angles sur l'Anglin and the river setting make this one...

See Angles-sur-l'Anglin guide

Tours

at 40 km (direction north-north-west)

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

See Tours guide

Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 40 km (direction north-north-west)

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

See Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours guide

Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 40 km (direction north-west)

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

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Map of places to visit near Ligueil

Markets in and near Ligueil

Market days in Ligueil: weekly market: Monday;

• Ligueil: market Monday (0km)
• Manthelan: market Thursday (11km)
• Descartes: market Sunday (12km)
• Le Grand-Pressigny: market Thursday (13km)
• Loches: market Wednesday all day & Saturday (16km)
• Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine: market Friday (17km)
• Saint-Branchs: market Wednesday (21km)
• Preuilly-sur-Claise: market Thursday & Saturday (23km)
• Cormery: market Thursday (25km)
• Esvres: market Saturday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Ligueil, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (39km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (28km)
• Montresor (32km)
• Angles-sur-l'Anglin (39km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (36km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (40km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (16km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Brenne (51km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (36km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (37km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (37km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (40km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (40km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (41km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Richelieu (38km)
• Amboise (44km)
• Chinon (46km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Etangs de la Brenne (51km)

Amusement park / theme park

• Futuroscope (54km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (40km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (41km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• ZooParc de Beauval (46km)

Geography and distances

Ligueil is in the eastern-center of France at 40 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Ligueil is 232 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 Ligueil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Ciran, Cussay, Ferriere-Larcon, Mouzay and Vou.

This page in French: Visiter Ligueil