France
71 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre: every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Château de Plessis-lez-Tours, 2 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Château de Chambord (#27 of 9,035 worldwide) 67 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Château d'Angers, founded c. 850.
Every one of them stands in France: the country page shows the full national picture.
23 km east · Palace & château · #107 worldwide
The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Loire Valley in France.
23 km east · Palace & château · #246 worldwide
The Château du Clos Lucé, formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire,…
14 km south-west · Palace & château · #308 worldwide
The Château de Villandry is a grand country house located in Villandry, in the département of Indre-et-Loire, France.
22 km south-west · Palace & château · #350 worldwide
The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is located in the town of Azay-le-Rideau in the French département of Indre-et-Loire.
23 km west · Castle
The Château de Langeais is a 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic castle in Indre-et-Loire, France, built on a promontory created by the small valley of…
11 km south · Palace & château
The Château de Candé is a château located in the commune of Monts, Indre-et-Loire, France.
2 km south-west · Ruin
The royal Château de Plessis-lèz-Tours is the remains of a late Gothic château located in the town of La Riche in the Indre-et-Loire department, in…
21 km east · Ruin
The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles.
20 km south-west · Castle
The Château de Saché is a writer's house museum located in a home built from the converted remains of a feudal castle.
12 km east · Palace & château
The Château de la Bourdaisière is a 19th-century county house in the Commune of Montlouis-sur-Loire, in the Indre-et-Loire département of France.
10 km west · Palace & château
The Château de Luynes is a castle located in Luynes, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is first a medieval fortress, built in the 13th century, on a rocky…
17 km north-east · Palace & château
The Château de Valmer is a complex located northeast of Chançay, a French commune in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
30 km east · Palace & château · #60 worldwide
The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
53 km north-east · Palace & château · #143 worldwide
The Royal Château of Blois is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loire Valley, France.
42 km south-west · Castle · #339 worldwide
The Château de Chinon is a château located on the north bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, central France.
59 km east · Palace & château · #379 worldwide
The Château de Cheverny is located in Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. It is one of the châteaux of the Loire Valley.
38 km east · Castle · #382 worldwide
The Château de Chaumont, officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
34 km south-west · Palace & château
Ussé is a castle in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France. The stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first…
59 km west · Castle
The Château de Saumur, originally built as a castle and later developed as a château, is located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire…
38 km south-east · Castle
The Château de Loches is a castle located in the département of Indre-et-Loire in the Loire Valley in France; it was constructed in the 9th century.
51 km west · Castle
The Château de Montsoreau is a Flamboyant Gothic castle in the Loire Valley, directly built in the Loire riverbed.
60 km south-west · Ruin
The Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers is a ruined castle in the commune of Les Trois-Moutiers in the Vienne department of France.
42 km south-west · Castle
The Château du Rivau is a castle in the village of Lémeré, Touraine, France. In the book of Rabelais' Gargantua, it was given to captain Tolmere as a…
55 km east · Palace & château
The Château de Beauregard is a Renaissance château in the Loire Valley in France.
+ 14 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
67 km east · Palace & château · #27 worldwide
The Château de Chambord (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d ʃɑ̃bɔʁ]) in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in…
94 km west · Castle · #320 worldwide
The Château d'Angers is a castle in the city of Angers in the Loire Valley, in the département of Maine-et-Loire, in France.
71 km east · Palace & château
Château de Valençay is a château in the commune of Valençay, in the Indre department of France.
86 km west · Palace & château
The Château de Brissac is a French château in the Brissac-Quincé area of the commune of Brissac Loire Aubance, located in the department of…
61 km north-east · Castle
The Castle of Menars is a castle associated with Madame de Pompadour situated on the bank of the river Loire in Menars, Loir-et-Cher, France.
89 km north-east · Castle
The Château de Châteaudun is a castle located in the town of Châteaudun in the French department of Eure-et-Loir.
95 km west · Palace & château
Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department.
70 km south-west · Castle
The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the…
71 km north-east · Castle
The Château de Talcy is a historical building in Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France.
72 km east · Palace & château
Château Poséidon is a château in neo-Renaissance style, located in the French municipality of Varennes-sur-Fouzon, part of the merged municipality of…
94 km south · Palace & château
The Palace of Poitiers was the palace of the Counts of Poitiers and subsequent Dukes of Aquitaine in Poitiers, in Poitou, western France.
64 km east · Palace & château
Château de Villesavin is a 16th-century country house in the Tour-en-Sologne commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
+ 21 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q288.
The Castle Map atlas maps 71 landmarks (29 castles · 34 palaces & châteaux · 8 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Tours, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours, a ruin 2 km south-west of the city centre.
Château de Chambord, ranked #27 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 67 km east from Tours.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Château d'Angers, founded c. 850: 94 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Blois (53 km) · Le Mans (77 km) · Angers (94 km) · Orléans (107 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
