Montsoreau travel guide

Montsoreau is a village in the Loire Valley, in Pays de la Loire. It's listed amongst the most beautiful villages of France.

Understand

View of the Loire river from the Château de Montsoreau (Photo: Philippe49730, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Montsoreau and its Castle (Photo: Neige19, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Street (Photo: Philippe49730, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Considered the Saint-Tropez of the Loire Valley, due to its proximity with the river, this place is built all along the Loire and features the Château of Montsoreau, the only Loire Valley castle built in the riverbed, and one of the earliest Renaissance buildings in France. Artists and writers, from Rabelais and Turner to Alexandre Dumas and Rodin, contributed to the village's fame.

Get in

By plane

Montsoreau is surrounded by five airports, Nantes, Angers, Tours, Poitiers, Rennes and Paris Charles de Gaulle less than two hours. The closest international airports are Tours-Val de Loire Airport (70 km) and Nantes-Atlantique Airport (159 km). The national connections can be made by the airports of Angers-Loire (59 km), Poitiers-Biard (80 km). Loire shuttles connect Saumur to Montsoreau. These airports allow it to easily connect international destinations. The connections between the airports and the village can be made by TGV, TER trains, or car.

• Nantes airport. International airport.
• Saumur St-Hilaire-Saint-Florent airport. Accepts tourists aircrfats, without control tower.
• Tours airport. London Stansted.
• Angers - Marcé airport (25 minutes de Saumur) (ville d'Angers). London City airport.
• Rennes airport. National and International airport.

By train

Saumur and Port-Boulet are the two train stations next to Montsoreau.

• From Saumur:
  TGV - TER. The Saumur train station connects Tours and Saint-Nazaire. It is accessible from Paris - Montparnasse, Bordeaux, Lyon or Lille
• Saumur train station, Avenue David d'Angers. The Saumur train station connects Tours and Saint-Nazaire. It is accessible from Paris - Montparnasse, Bordeaux, Lyon or Lille
• From Port-Boulet:

Port-Boulet train station, Place de la gare. The Port-Boulet train station is located 10 minutes from Montsoreau by car, it connects Tours and Saint-Nazaire. The train station of Tours, 25 minutes from Port-Boulet, is accessible from Paris - Montparnasse, Bordeaux, Lyon or Lille

• Tours train station, 1 place du Général-Leclerc.
• Saint-Pierre-des-Corps train station, 67 rue Fabienne Landy, 37700 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps.

A system of regular shuttles by train connects the train stations of Tours and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (price of a bus ticket).

By bus

The Saumur-Val de Loire agglomeration Bus network connects Montsoreau to Fontevraud, Turquant, Parnay, Souzay-Champigny, and Saumur.

By car

Montsoreau is best accessed by the D952 road, along the banks of the Loire. From Paris, Bordeaux or Nantes, take Highway A10.

By boat

• Croisières Saumur Loire, 5 rue Bonnemère 49400 Saumur, ☏ +33 6 63 22 87 00. departures from Saumur, arrivals in Candes Saint-Martin. On

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