Mosnes tourism and travel guide

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Visit Mosnes: highlights and tourist information

Mosnes 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 Mosnes in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Chaumont at 7 km and Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard at 9 km.

Mosnes, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 7 km (direction east-north-east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

The small village of Chaumont-sur-Loire is dominated by the Chateau de Chaumont, one of...

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 9 km (direction west-south-west)

The Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard in Amboise is the first Renaissance manor house...

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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise

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

The Chateau de Clos-Lucé was home to Leonardo da Vinci and you can visit...

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Chateau d'Amboise

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

The Chateau d'Amboise is a castle with impressive gardens and a lovely view across...

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Amboise

at 11 km (direction west-south-west)

Although it is the castle that attracts visitors to Amboise, you will also enjoy...

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Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 15 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Blois

at 22 km (direction east-north-east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

The town of Blois, with its castle, cathedral, extensive historic centre and other monuments...

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Chateau de Blois

Castle at 22 km (direction east-north-east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

One of the most impressive of the Loire castles, the Chateau de Blois is...

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Chateau de Cheverny

Castle at 27 km (direction east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

Cheverny Castle is perhaps the most opulently furnished of the Loire castles, and also...

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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 31 km (direction west)

The la Psalette cloister and the cathedral of Tours together make a very impressive...

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Tours

at 32 km (direction west)

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

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 32 km (direction west)

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

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Montresor

Most Beautiful Village at 34 km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Lavardin

Most Beautiful Village at 36 km (direction north-west), in the Loir-et-Cher department

With a river and ancient bridge below and an ancient castle above Lavardin, it...

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Markets in and near Mosnes

• Amboise: market Sunday & Friday (10km)
• Pontlevoy: market Thursday (14km)
• Montrichard: market Friday (14km)
• Chambon-sur-Cisse: market Saturday (14km)
• Les Montils: market Saturday (15km)
• Herbault: market Monday (17km)
• Blere: market Tuesday (17km)
• Chailles: market Saturday (18km)
• Monthou-sur-Cher: market Wednesday (19km)
• Chateau-Renault: market Tuesday & Saturday (21km)

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Tourist attractions near Mosnes, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (16km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Montresor (34km)
• Lavardin (36km)

National Monuments

• Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (18km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (32km)
• Talcy Chateau (43km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (39km)
• Valencay (48km)
• Beaugency (54km)

Remarkable gardens

• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (6km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (15km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (17km)
• Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (23km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (23km)
• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (32km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (32km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (34km)
• Jardin du château de Talcy (43km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (46km)
• Jardins du château de Poncé (48km)
• Les prés-Culand (61km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (10km)
• Blois (23km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (32km)
• Vendome (39km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (33km)
• Veuil (49km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (11km)
• ZooParc de Beauval (30km)

Geography and distances

Mosnes is in the eastern-center of France at 32 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Mosnes is 181 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 Mosnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cangey, Charge, Limeray, Mesland, Monteaux, Onzain, Rilly-sur-Loire, Saint-Regle, Souvigny-de-Touraine, Vallieres-les-Grandes and Veuves.

This page in French: Visiter Mosnes