Château du Petit-Bois: Mettray’s one place to visit
This is a list led by châteaux or heritage sites, 14 of its 15. One place to visit is mapped in Mettray, with 14 more within 5 km of its centre. France lists one of the town’s sites as a historic monument. Further afield, Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours is 6.5 km from the centre.
Mettray’s best known
Château du Petit-Bois aside, the next best known are 3 châteaux, an archaeological site and a monastery.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Finding your way
Atelier d'Offard marks the outer edge, 4.8 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Mettray; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Which kinds
14 of the 15 are châteaux or heritage sites, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Mettray. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All 15 on the list
It starts in town with one place and goes on to 14 within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Mettray, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
Start with Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours, 6.5 km off, the best known of 12.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours6.5 km southeast, in ToursAttractionAttractionChâteau de Villandry16 km southwest, in Villandry
AttractionChâteau d'Amboise25 km east, in AmboiseAttractionAttractionChâteau de Chenonceau34 km southeast, in Chenonceaux
AttractionChâteau d'Azay-le-Rideau25 km southwest, in Azay-le-Rideau
ChurchBasilique Saint-Martin de Tours6.5 km south, in Tours
MuseumChâteau du Clos Lucé26 km east, in Amboise
AttractionChâteau de Langeais23 km southwest, in LangeaisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Plessis-lès-Tours7.3 km south, in La Riche
AttractionChâteau de Tours6.4 km southeast, in Tours
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Tours6.6 km southeast, in ToursAttractionAttractionChâteau d'Ussé35 km southwest, in Rigny-UsséPlaces within 40 km of Mettray with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Common questions about Mettray
What is there to see in Mettray?
The one place mapped in Mettray is Château du Petit-Bois. We list 1 place in town. Another 14 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Mettray?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Mettray or within 5 km.
Which places in Mettray are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Mettray is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château du Petit-Bois.
What well-known places are within a day out of Mettray?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours (6.5 km), Château de Villandry (16 km), Château d'Amboise (25 km), Château de Chenonceau (34 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Mettray, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours: Miralolotte23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château d'Amboise: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château d'Azay-le-Rideau: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours: Parsifall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château du Clos Lucé: Nadègevillain, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Langeais: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
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.