Around Morand, start with Château de Beaumarchais
Most of what there is to see is châteaux or heritage sites: 4 of 6. All of them lie outside Morand. Set 17 km out, Château d'Amboise makes a day trip.
Around Morand: where to begin
After Château de Beaumarchais come 3 châteaux, an attraction and a zoo.
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.
Where each one is
To the south lie most of the 6 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Morand; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
Most common are châteaux or heritage sites: 4 of 6.
Dark: in Morand. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
Look within 5 km of its centre for all 6.
Nothing is mapped in Morand itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Within a day
Head 17 km out for Château d'Amboise, the best known of 12.
AttractionChâteau d'Amboise17 km south, in AmboiseAttractionAttractionChâteau de Chenonceau27 km south, in Chenonceaux
AttractionChâteau de Blois24 km east, in Blois
MuseumChâteau du Clos Lucé17 km south, in AmboiseAttractionAttractionChâteau de Chambord39 km east, in ChambordAttractionAttractionChâteau de Chaumont-sur-Loire16 km southeast, in Chaumont-sur-Loire
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours30 km southwest, in ToursAttractionAttractionChâteau de Cheverny34 km east, in ChevernyCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois25 km east, in BloisAttractionAttractionChâteau de Troussay32 km east, in Cheverny
AttractionChâteau de Beauregard28 km east, in CellettesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Menars31 km east, in MenarsPlaces within 40 km of Morand with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Practical questions about Morand
Are there attractions near Morand?
Nothing is mapped in Morand itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Beaumarchais, Château de la Guérinière, Château de la Remberge and Château des Hayes.
Are there museums in or near Morand?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Morand or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Morand?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château d'Amboise (17 km), Château de Chenonceau (27 km), Château de Blois (24 km), Château du Clos Lucé (17 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 Morand, 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 (5)
- Château d'Amboise: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Blois: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château du Clos Lucé: Nadègevillain, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours: Miralolotte23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Beauregard: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.