Pont-de-Ruan tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Azay-le-Rideau at 8 km from Pont-de-Ruan

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Visit Pont-de-Ruan: highlights and tourist information

Pont-de-Ruan 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 Pont-de-Ruan in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Azay-le-Rideau at 8 km and Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau at 8 km.

Pont-de-Ruan, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Azay-le-Rideau

at 8 km (direction west)

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

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 8 km (direction west)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 10 km (direction north-west)

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

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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 14 km (direction south-west)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

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

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

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Langeais

at 15 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 17 km (direction north-east)

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

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Tours

at 17 km (direction north-east)

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

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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 18 km (direction north-east)

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

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Tavant

at 20 km (direction south-west)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 21 km (direction west)

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

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Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 26 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Chinon

at 26 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 27 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Reserve excursions near Pont-de-Ruan

Map of places to visit near Pont-de-Ruan

Markets in and near Pont-de-Ruan

• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (2km)
• Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (8km)
• Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (10km)
• Montbazon: market Tuesday (11km)
• Joue-les-Tours: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (12km)
• Chambray-les-Tours: market Thursday & Sunday (14km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (14km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (15km)
• Saint-Branchs: market Wednesday (15km)

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Tourist attractions near Pont-de-Ruan, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (29km)
• Aquarium de Loudun (46km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (14km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (38km)
• Montsoreau (39km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (8km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (17km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (41km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (36km)
• Loudun (46km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (39km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (38km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (41km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (8km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (10km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (16km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (17km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (26km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (31km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (38km)
• Parc de Lathan (40km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (54km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (26km)
• Richelieu (33km)
• Amboise (36km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (17km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (17km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (43km)

Geography and distances

Pont-de-Ruan is in the eastern-center of France at 17 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Pont-de-Ruan is 221 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 Pont-de-Ruan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Artannes-sur-Indre, Druye, Monts, Sache, Thilouze, Villaines-les-Rochers and Villeperdue.

This page in French: Visiter Pont-de-Ruan