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Visit Tavant: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Tavant is a small village but a visit to se the murals in the church is recommended when you are nearby

Tavant 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 Tavant in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Crissay-sur-Manse at 8 km and Chateau de Chinon at 12 km.

Tavant, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau du Rivau

Castle at 5 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Crissay-sur-Manse

Most Beautiful Village at 8 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Chateau de Chinon

Castle at 12 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chinon

at 13 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chateau d'Ussé

Castle at 16 km (direction north-west)

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

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

Castle at 16 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Azay-le-Rideau

at 16 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Chateau de Langeais

Castle at 22 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Langeais

at 22 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin collegiate church

Church at 26 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Most Beautiful Village at 26 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 26 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Fontevraud Abbey

Abbey at 26 km (direction west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

The Fontevraud Abbey has a great deal to see: it is one of the...

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Montsoreau

Most Beautiful Village at 27 km (direction west-north-west), in the Maine-et-Loire department

Montsoreau, listed as a 'most beautiful villages in France', also has an interesting troglodyte...

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Markets in and near Tavant

• Chinon: market Thursday all day & Sunday (12km)
• Richelieu: market Monday & Friday (13km)
• Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
• Avoine: market Friday (18km)
• Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine: market Friday (18km)
• Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (22km)
• Langeais: market Sunday (22km)
• Bourgueil: market Tuesday & Saturday (24km)
• Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (26km)
• Loudun: market Tuesday (26km)

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Tourist attractions near Tavant, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium de Loudun (26km)
• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (49km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Crissay-sur-Manse (8km)
• Candes-Saint-Martin (26km)
• Montsoreau (27km)

National Monuments

• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (16km)
• Fontevraud Abbey (26km)
• Cloisters of la Psalette (37km)
• Oiron Chateau (40km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loudun (26km)
• Montreuil-Bellay (41km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Loire-Anjou-Touraine (28km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (26km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (26km)
• Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (43km)
• Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (48km)
• Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (52km)

Remarkable gardens

• Les jardins du château du Rivau (6km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (16km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (26km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (36km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (37km)
• Parc de Lathan (43km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (52km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chinon (12km)
• Richelieu (13km)
• Saumur (38km)
• Amboise (56km)

Towns of Art and history

• Tours (37km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (37km)

Geography and distances

Tavant is in the eastern-center of France at 37 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Tavant is 241 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 Tavant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Avon-les-Roches, Brizay, Cravant-les-Coteaux, Crouzilles, Lemere, Panzoult, Sazilly and Theneuil.

This page in French: Visiter Tavant