Valleres tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Chateau de Villandry at 4 km from Valleres
Visit Valleres: highlights and tourist information
Valleres 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 Valleres in Centre-Loire Valley.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Villandry at 4 km and Langeais at 5 km.
Valleres, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Chateau de Villandry
Castle at 4 km (direction north-east)The rooms at Chateau de Villandry can be explored, but it is the world...
See Chateau de Villandry guide
Langeais
at 5 km (direction west-north-west)Langeais is a small town with a pretty town centre, best known for the...
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Chateau de Langeais
Castle at 5 km (direction west-north-west)Château de Langeais is a medieval-renaissance castle with nicely furnished rooms and the oldest...
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Azay-le-Rideau
at 6 km (direction south)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 6 km (direction south)Not the most luxurious or largest castle in the region, it is the beauty...
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Chateau d'Ussé
Castle at 15 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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Crissay-sur-Manse
Most Beautiful Village at 18 km (direction south)Explore the lovely stone houses and narrow streets in the tiny village of Crissay-sur-Manse...
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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours
Church at 18 km (direction east-north-east)The basilica Saint-Martin is an imposing neo-byzantine church in the town of Tours...
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Tours
at 19 km (direction east-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 19 km (direction east-north-east)The la Psalette cloister and the cathedral of Tours together make a very impressive...
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Tavant
at 22 km (direction south-south-west)Tavant is a small village but a visit to se the murals in the...
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Chinon
at 22 km (direction west-south-west)As well as the castle, Chinon has a very impressive medieval centre to explore...
See Chinon guide
Chateau de Chinon
Castle at 24 km (direction west-south-west)Château de Chinon retains more medieval elements than most Loire Valley castles...
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Chateau du Rivau
Castle at 26 km (direction south-west)One of the more modest castles in the region, both the Chateau de Rivau...
See Chateau du Rivau guide
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Markets in and near Valleres
- Langeais: market Sunday (5km)
- Azay-le-Rideau: market Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- Artannes-sur-Indre: market Friday (10km)
- Luynes: market Saturday (10km)
- Ballan-Mire: market Sunday & Friday (11km)
- Monts: market Wednesday & Saturday (13km)
- Fondettes: market Wednesday & Sunday (14km)
- Joue-les-Tours: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (15km)
- La Riche: market Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire: market Tuesday & Friday (17km)
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Tourist attractions near Valleres, France
What to do at Valleres? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Valleres.
Aquarium
- Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (34km)
- Aquarium de Loudun (45km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Crissay-sur-Manse (18km)
- Candes-Saint-Martin (32km)
- Montsoreau (33km)
National Monuments
- Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (6km)
- Cloisters of la Psalette (19km)
- Fontevraud Abbey (35km)
- Oiron Chateau (58km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Loudun (45km)
- Loches (45km)
- La Fleche (59km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Loire-Anjou-Touraine (32km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (32km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (35km)
Remarkable gardens
- Les jardins du château de Villandry (4km)
- Les jardins de la Chatonnière (6km)
- Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (17km)
- Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (19km)
- Les jardins du château du Rivau (27km)
- Parc de Lathan (30km)
- Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (34km)
- Parc et jardins du château du Lude (44km)
- Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (45km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Towns of Art and history
- Tours (19km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (17km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Réserve de Beaumarchais (45km)
Geography and distances
Valleres is in the eastern-center of France at 19 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Valleres is 221 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Valleres
Canton: Azay-le-Rideau
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
New region: Centre-Loire Valley
Postcode: 37190
Distance to Valleres
from Tours (prefecture): 19 km
from Paris: 221 km
from Calais: 417 km
from Nice: 664 km
from Bordeaux: 287 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
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 Valleres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Azay-le-Rideau, Berthenay, Cheille, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Druye, La Chapelle-Aux-Naux, Langeais, Lignieres-de-Touraine, Savonnieres and Villandry.
This page in French: Visiter Valleres