Access / How to get to the Fortress
Forteresse de Chinon
Rue du Château
37500 Chinon
France
Near the fortress: free parking for cars, buses, campers and bicycles.
The main car park on Avenue François Mitterrand has charging stations for electric cars. Secure lockers are also available for recharging bicycle batteries.
By car
- 40 min from Tours.
- 25 minutes from the castle of Azay-le-Rideau and the gardens of Villandry.
- By the A85, exit N°9 Chinon. Then D751.
- 2h30 from Paris. By the A10 and then by the A85.
By train
The Fortress is a 20 minute walk from the Chinon train station and 5 minutes by car (taxi, cab).
With Rémi, by coach, by trainhttps://www.chinon-vienne-loire.fr/vie-quotidienne/mobilite-et-transports/transports-en-bus-sitravel-2/, you save even more!
Benefit from a reduced price on presentation of your ticket (TER Centre ticket stamped on the day of the visit).
By bus
- Bus, from Chinon station to the Cemetery (5 min. walk from the Fortress).