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By car from central Paris to the Loire Valley

 

 

From the Paris périphérique, the city's outer ring road, E5/E15/E50 l’Autoroute du Soleil take either the A6A or the A6B, depending on the direction, clockwise or anti-clockwise, that you are approaching, taking the exit (sortie) towards A10/E05 in the direction of Oreleans/Nantes/Bordeaux/Palaiseau.

 

Depending on your destination the A10 will take you directly to the region's capital Orleans and then on to the major chateaux towns and its cultural centre Tours.

 

If you are visiting the magnificent cathedral at Chartres then you need to head on to the A11 after leaving the Paris distict on the A10.

 

 

Listed are the distances from central Paris to a variety of destinations within the Loire Valley:

 

To Amboise Miles:    Km

To Chinon Miles  Km

 To Loches Miles  Km

To Orleans Miles  Km

To Tours Miles  Km

140
226

166

287

164

264

83

133

149

240

 

 

Loire Valley map

 

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Here is a typical Google route from Paris to Tours.

 

 
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