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Visit Valencay: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The castle is the main attraction in Valencay, but we also suggest a visit to the Museum de l'Automobile and a stroll along the river

Valencay is situated in the Indre department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Attractions in Valencay

The renaissance style castle and formal gardens make the Chateau de Valencay among the most interesting in the Loire: Chateau de Valencay

Tourist classifications for Valencay include "recommended detour".

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Valencay in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Montresor at 27 km and Chateau de Cheverny at 39 km.

Valencay, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Valencay

Castle less than one km (direction south-east)

The renaissance style castle and formal gardens make the Chateau de Valencay among the...

See Chateau de Valencay guide

Montresor

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

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

See Montresor guide

Chateau de Cheverny

Castle at 39 km (direction north-north-west), in the Loir-et-Cher department

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

See Chateau de Cheverny guide

Issoudun

at 40 km (direction east-south-east)

There are few important monuments here in Issoudun, but we enjoyed a stroll around...

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Chateauroux

at 40 km (direction south-south-east)

A little remote from the main tourist routes, Chateauroux is quite a sprawling town...

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Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 41 km (direction west-north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Loches

at 43 km (direction west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

Numerous historic monuments make the citadel in Loches a very interesting place to visit...

See Loches guide

Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 46 km (direction north-west), in the Loir-et-Cher department

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

See Chateau de Chaumont guide

Mehun-sur-Yevre

at 50 km (direction east), in the Cher department

The castle and the 11th century Collegiale Notre-Dame are among several sights of importance...

See Mehun-sur-Yevre guide

Blois

at 50 km (direction north-north-west), 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 50 km (direction north-north-west), in the Loir-et-Cher department

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

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 51 km (direction west-north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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 51 km (direction west-north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

See Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise guide

Amboise

at 52 km (direction west-north-west), in the Indre-et-Loire department

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

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Markets in and near Valencay

Market days in Valencay: weekly market: Tuesday;

• Valencay: market Tuesday (0km)
• Chabris: market Saturday (13km)
• Selles-sur-Cher: market Thursday all day (13km)
• Gievres: market Tuesday (15km)
• Noyers-sur-Cher: market Sunday (18km)
• Saint-Aignan: market Saturday all day (19km)
• Levroux: market Monday (20km)
• Vatan: market Wednesday (21km)
• Gracay: market Thursday (22km)
• Langon: market Friday (24km)

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Tourist attractions near Valencay, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Montresor (27km)

National Monuments

• Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (16km)
• Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (36km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Loches (43km)

Churches and religious monuments

• St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (43km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin du château de Bouges (16km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (41km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (44km)
• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (46km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (52km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Vatan (21km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Veuil (5km)
• Issoudun (40km)
• Chateauroux (41km)
• Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (59km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• ZooParc de Beauval (19km)
• Réserve de Beaumarchais (59km)

Geography and distances

Valencay is in the eastern-center of France at 40 kilometres from Chateauroux, the department capital (general information: Valencay is 197 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Valencay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 3 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Varennes-sur-Fouzon, Veuil and Vicq-sur-Nahon.

This page in French: Visiter Valencay