Monastery or convent · Tours · Indre-et-Loire

Grande Bretèche

Grande Bretèche is a convent located. Head to Tours to see it. Close by, Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours is 1.2 km away, one of 162 within 15 km.

Where

In Tours

inside the commune

How well known

Top 15%

#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Oct

highs of 17–26°C

In brief

Monastery or convent in Tours

In Tours

Grande Bretèche is in the commune of Tours, with 71 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Picking your season

Expect highs of 17–26°C in Tours from May to October.

Jan8° / 2°68 mm

Feb9° / 2°58 mm

Mar13° / 3°54 mm

Apr16° / 5°57 mm

May20° / 9°62 mm

Jun24° / 12°53 mm

Jul26° / 14°47 mm

Aug26° / 13°47 mm

Sep22° / 10°53 mm

Oct17° / 8°70 mm

Nov12° / 5°76 mm

Dec8° / 2°80 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Tours, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Fondettes station, 7.5 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Tours’ full climate →

About

Grande Bretèche

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Grande Bretèche on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Type: Monastery or convent
Covered in: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Tours, Indre-et-Loire

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Mapping Grande Bretèche

Grande Bretèche sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

The biggest base of the 8 is Tours (139,259 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in this commune

Tours

139,259 people

2 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

17,029 people

3 · 2.5 km southwest of it

La Riche

10,487 people

4 · 3.4 km east of it

Saint-Pierre-des-Corps

15,898 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Grande Bretèche is	People
Tours	It’s in this commune	139,259
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire	1.8 km northwest of it	17,029
La Riche	2.5 km southwest of it	10,487
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	3.4 km east of it	15,898
Fondettes	5.5 km west of it	10,954
La Membrolle-sur-Choisille	5.8 km northwest of it	3,290
Rochecorbon	5.9 km east of it	3,219
Saint-Avertin	6.1 km southeast of it	14,999

Make a day of it

What else is near Grande Bretèche

A visit can add 3 attractions, 3 museums and a church, from 162 places within 15 km.

AttractionCathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours1.2 km southeast, in Tours 2

ChurchBasilique Saint-Martin de Tours900 m south, in Tours 3

AttractionChâteau de Tours1 km southeast, in Tours 4

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Tours1.2 km southeast, in Tours 5ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Plessis-lès-Tours2.6 km southwest, in La Riche 6AttractionAttractionChâteau de Villandry14 km southwest, in Villandry 7

MuseumHôtel Goüin700 m southeast, in Tours 8

MuseumPrieuré de Saint-Cosme2.6 km southwest, in La Riche

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Grande Bretèche

Where is Grande Bretèche?

Grande Bretèche is in Tours, in Indre-et-Loire (Centre-Val de Loire).

What is Grande Bretèche?

Convent located in Indre-et-Loire, in France.

How well known is Grande Bretèche?

Grande Bretèche has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Grande Bretèche?

May to October are the warmest months in Tours, with afternoon highs of 17–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Grande Bretèche?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours (1.2 km), Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours (900 m), Château de Tours (1 km) and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours (1.2 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours: Miralolotte23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours: Parsifall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Château de Tours: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours: Casper Moller, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hôtel Goüin: Baptiste37, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prieuré de Saint-Cosme: Duch.seb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.