Saint-Roch tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Roch: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Roch 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-Roch in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours at 10 km and Tours at 10 km.

Saint-Roch, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 10 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours guide

Tours

at 10 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 10 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 13 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Langeais

at 18 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 19 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

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

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

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Amboise

at 30 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 31 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Chateau d'Amboise

Castle at 31 km (direction east)

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

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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise

Castle at 31 km (direction east)

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

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 32 km (direction east)

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

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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 33 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Markets in and near Saint-Roch

• Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (5km)
• Luynes: market Saturday (7km)
• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire: market Tuesday & Friday (8km)
• La Riche: market Wednesday & Saturday (9km)
• Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market Tuesday (11km)
• Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (12km)
• Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (12km)
• Joue-les-Tours: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (12km)
• Saint-Avertin: market Wednesday & Friday (14km)
• Chambray-les-Tours: market Thursday & Sunday (16km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Roch, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (26km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (33km)
• Lavardin (40km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (46km)
• Montsoreau (47km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (10km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (22km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (49km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (49km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (45km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (46km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (49km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (9km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (10km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (13km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (22km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (22km)
• Parc de Lathan (32km)
• Jardins du château de Poncé (36km)
• Parc et jardins du château du Lude (39km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (39km)
• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (41km)
• Les jardins du château du Rivau (44km)
• Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (49km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (31km)
• Chinon (39km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (10km)
• Vendome (54km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (8km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (32km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Roch is in the eastern-center of France at 10 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Saint-Roch is 205 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-Roch from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Charentilly, Fondettes, Mettray, Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher and Semblancay.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Roch