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Centre-Val de Loire

Things to see in Centre-Val de Loire

53 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A low-angle street view of a historic stone building complex featuring a prominent Gothic-style tower with a spire, set against a blue sky, with cobblestone pavement and bollards in the foreground.

Bourges · History Museums

Palais Jacques-Cœur

15th-century Renaissance palace in Bourges
A cobblestone square lined with distinctive half-timbered medieval buildings and outdoor café seating under umbrellas, with a blue tarp-covered object in the center.

Tours · City Centers

Place Plumereau

Historic square with timber-framed houses and Romanesque ...
A large outdoor memorial featuring a long stone wall with bronze reliefs and a central cross, situated on a hillside with a flagpole and a large paved plaza in front.

Blois · Heritage Trails

Mémorial de la France Combattante

Memorial honoring French Resistance fighters
A black-and-white etching or engraving depicting a street scene with a half-timbered building labeled "ROUENNERIE GROS" and an arched gateway, with figures standing in the foreground and a larger stone building to the right; faint text below reads

Amboise · Historic Architecture

Maison du Vieux Amboise

Historic house in Amboise, France
The Chapelle Saint-Piat, home of the Chartres cathedral treasury, with the cathedral rising behind it

Chartres · Historic Architecture

Museum of the Treasury (Trésor de la Cathédrale)

14th-century frescoes and relics in a historic chapel
The old town of Loches below its royal citadel

Loches · Guided Experiences

Rue des Écrivains

Street in Loches, France
A stone bridge with multiple arches in the foreground and a large cylindrical stone tower (part of the Chinon Castle fortifications) in the background.

Chinon · Historic Architecture

Pont de la Loire

Historic bridge crossing the Vienne in medieval Chinon
A black and white photograph showing a multi-arched stone bridge spanning a wide river, with a city skyline featuring a large castle on a hill and a cathedral in the background; handwritten text on the left border reads "LOIR ET CHER. A 72 255 X".

Blois · Museums & Culture

Musée de la Nature de Blois

Blois museum exploring Loire Valley biodiversity
A vintage black-and-white photograph of a cobblestone street in a French city, featuring 19th-century architecture, shopfronts with signage like "A Madame et Bébé" and "TIMBRES ROUGES," and a damaged Gothic tower in the background; the top border rea

Tours · City Centers

Quartier des Halles

150-year-old gourmet market in Tours
The long Gothic flank of the Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres, the former abbey church of Saint-Père-en-Vallée, with its flying buttresses and spire

Chartres · Churches

Abbey of Saint-Père-en-Vallée

7th-century abbey with a 10th-century bell tower
The Renaissance Hôtel Cujas in Bourges, home of the Musée du Berry

Bourges · Historic Architecture

Musée du Berry

19th-century art and archaeology in Hôtel Cujas
A landscape view of a calm body of water surrounded by dense green trees and vegetation, with a tall brick chimney stack visible in the background on the right side under an overcast sky.

Amboise · Nature & Parks

Parc de la Chaufferie

Historic steam-powered heating plant gardens