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Visit Amboise: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Amboise is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Centre region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Amboise is 189 km from Paris and 398 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Amboise: these include Chateau d'Amboise at 1 km and Chateau de Chenonceau at 12 km. Parc et jardins du château de Valmer is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Amboise: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Amboise has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Amboise, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Amboise and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Amboise
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (9km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (12km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (16km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (22km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (24km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (32km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (33km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (34km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (36km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (43km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (22km) : Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (27km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (34km) : Lavardin (37km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (22km) : Blois (32km) : Loches (34km) : Vendome (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Amboise & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Amboise
Canton: Amboise
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Centre
Postcode: 37400
Distance to Amboise
from Tours: 22 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 398 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 311 km
from Strasbourg: 519 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Amboise (within 6 km): Cangey : Charge : Chateau d'Amboise : Limeray : Lussault-sur-Loire : Nazelles-Negron : Poce-sur-Cisse : Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes : Saint-Regle :
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This page in French: Visitez Amboise