Saint-Laurent-de-Lin tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Laurent-de-Lin: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Laurent-de-Lin 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 Saint-Laurent-de-Lin in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau du Lude at 17 km and Langeais at 23 km.

Saint-Laurent-de-Lin, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau du Lude

Castle at 17 km (direction north-west), in the Sarthe department

The Chateau de Lude and its lovely gardens are the closest of the Loire...

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Langeais

at 23 km (direction south-east)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 23 km (direction south-east)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

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

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

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Bauge

at 27 km (direction west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

Bauge is a small traditional town with a small castle - and a very...

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 29 km (direction south)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 32 km (direction south-east)

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 32 km (direction south-east)

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

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 34 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Tours

at 35 km (direction east-south-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 35 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Chinon

at 35 km (direction south)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 36 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church

Church at 36 km (direction south-south-west)

The collegiate church of Candes-Saint-Martin has numerous medieval statues incorporated in the facade and...

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Map of places to visit near Saint-Laurent-de-Lin

Markets in and near Saint-Laurent-de-Lin

• Chateau-la-Valliere: market Monday (7km)
• Noyant: market Friday (11km)
• Le Lude: market Thursday (17km)
• Saint-Paterne-Racan: market Thursday (20km)
• Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market Tuesday (22km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (23km)
• Chateau-du-Loir: market Saturday (24km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (26km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (26km)
• Neuvy-le-Roi: market Friday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Laurent-de-Lin, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Candes-Saint-Martin (36km)
• Montsoreau (36km)
• Crissay-sur-Manse (43km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (32km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (35km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (39km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• La Fleche (32km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (52km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (33km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (36km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (39km)
• Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (42km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (42km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de Lathan (8km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (17km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (27km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (32km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (33km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (35km)
• Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (35km)
• Jardins du château de Poncé (41km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (37km)
• Saumur (38km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (35km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (33km)
• Cogners (50km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Doué-la-Fontaine (55km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Laurent-de-Lin is in the eastern-center of France at 35 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Saint-Laurent-de-Lin is 216 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 Saint-Laurent-de-Lin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Braye-sur-Maulne, Channay-sur-Lathan, Chateau-la-Valliere, Courcelles-de-Touraine, Luble, Marcilly-sur-Maulne and Meigne-le-Vicomte.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Laurent-de-Lin