Distances
The Hotel Diderot is located in the centre of Chinon, which is on the Vienne river just south of the Loire in the centre of France.
| Angers | 93 km (58 miles) |
| Bordeaux | 350 km (217 miles) |
| Boulogne | 495 km (308miles) |
| Brest | 480 km (300 miles) |
| Caen | 300 km (187 miles) |
| Calais | 530 km (330 miles) |
| Cherbourg | 376 km (234 miles) |
| Le Havre | 350 km (217 miles) |
| Lille | 514 km (320miles) |
| Lyon | 580 km (360 miles) |
| Marseille | 850 km (528 miles) |
| Nancy | 597 km (370 miles) |
| Nantes | 150 km (93 miles) |
| Paris | 270 km (168 miles) |
| Poitiers | 102 km (63 miles) |
| Rennes | 223 km (139 miles) |
| Rouen | 346 km (215 miles) |
| Saumur | 32 km (20 miles) |
| Strasbourg | 776 km (482 miles) |
| Toulouse | 593 km (368 miles) |
| Tours | 47 km (30 miles) |
Directions:
The main entrance to the Hotel Diderot is in rue de Buffon.
Rue Buffon leads from Place Jeanne d'Arc (by the Caisse d'Epargne bank).
Link to map at mappy.com (Search for street "rue de Buffon", place "Chinon", country "France - DOM"
Public transport
Chinon can be reached by rail/bus from Tours
Tours airport is served by daily flights from London Stansted Airport and occasional flights to Lyon and Bastia(Corsica)
High speed rail (TGV) links Tours with Paris (Mont Parnasse or Charles de Gaulle airport), and links with Eurostar at either Paris or Lille.
There is so much to see and do in the region. Why not stay for a few extra days?