Richelieu travel guide
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Visit Richelieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Richelieu is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Centre region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Richelieu is 254 km from Paris and 452 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 10 km from Richelieu
Popular places to visit near Richelieu: these include Chateau du Rivau at 10 km and Chateau Chinon at 18 km. Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Richelieu: Richelieu has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Richelieu, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Richelieu and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Richelieu
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (8km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (39km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (46km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (28km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (29km) : Oiron Chateau (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (20km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (29km) : Montsoreau (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (28km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (29km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (38km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (41km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (21km) : Poitiers (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (18km) : Montreuil-Bellay (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Richelieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Richelieu
Canton: Richelieu
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Centre
Postcode: 37120
Distance to Richelieu
from Tours: 50 km
from Paris: 254 km
from Calais: 452 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 252 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Richelieu (within 6 km): Braslou : Braye-sous-Faye : Champigny-sur-Veude : Chaveignes : Courcoue : La Tour-Saint-Gelin : Nueil-sous-Faye : Pouant : Razines :
Richelieu holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Richelieu