Looking for a tourism property for sale in Indre-et-Loire means targeting the heart of the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where cultural tourism goes hand in hand with wine and cycling holidays. Chenonceau spanning the Cher, Villandry and its terraced gardens, Azay-le-Rideau, Langeais, Ussé, the royal fortress of Chinon and the town of Loches welcome visitors from around the world from spring to November. The cellars of Vouvray, Montlouis, Bourgueil and Chinon, cave dwellings cut into tuffeau stone and the Loire à Vélo cycle route lengthen stays, while the high-speed rail station at Saint-Pierre-des-Corps brings Touraine close to Paris.
This page covers Touraine's tourism real estate: châteaux and large period homes converted into hotels or event venues, townhouses with B&B rooms, old farms combining gîtes and function rooms, and wine estates open to visitors. It is for investors, buyers of a trading business and owners planning a handover.
As of 25 September 2026, 15 tourism properties in Indre-et-Loire are listed on ma-propriete.fr: 8 manor houses and châteaux, 5 gîtes, 2 B&Bs. The median asking price is €1,999,000; half are priced between €1,261,500 and €4,000,000, ranging from €336,840 to €7,200,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Indre-et-Loire was €180,000 (average €189,174), or €1,806/m² of living space, for 106 m² on an average plot of 3,355 m², based on 1,884 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €90,000 and one in ten above €299,304. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €167,000 to €180,000 (+7.8%); over the last year the change is +0.6%. For comparison: €150,000 in Centre-Val de Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Indre-et-Loire | Centre-Val de Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €180,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €189,174 | €157,230 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €90,000 | €75,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €299,304 | €251,580 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,806/m² | €1,519/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 103 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,355 m² | 2,999 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,884 | 10,907 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €130,000 (tourist inland) to €195,190 (peri-urban countryside). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) * | €130,000 | €1,312/m² | -3.8% | 87 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €195,190 | €1,929/m² | +3.6% | 7,585 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €150,000 | €1,482/m² | -1.5% | 3,854 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €690,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €754,600, a P10–P90 range of €416,600 to €1,164,000 and 1,944 €/m² of living space, over 89 sales. These homes average 356 m² of living space on 17,149 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indre-et-Loire (2021-2025) | 89 | €690,000* | €754,600 | €416,600 – €1,164,000 | 1,944 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2025) | 52 | €591,500* | €676,000 | €400,000 – €1,098,900 | 1,570 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2021-2025) | 314 | €588,900 | €669,600 | €400,000 – €1,048,700 | 1,639 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Indre-et-Loire and prestige property prices in Indre-et-Loire (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
In Touraine, the country house market alone cannot value a hospitality property. Rural municipalities within the Tours catchment sold for a median €195,190 over 2020-2025. Most properties featured here belong to the large period home segment, where the indicative median reaches €690,000 over 2021-2025, and some, including châteaux, sit well above it. The mix by type confirms this: manors and châteaux lead, ahead of gîte complexes and B&Bs. Near the major châteaux and vineyard slopes, location commands a premium.
Touraine has many château hotels and boutique properties combining upscale rooms, fine dining, reception rooms and parkland. Town hotels in Tours, Chinon or Loches enjoy mixed demand, leisure in season and business on weekdays. In wine villages, inns and restaurants with rooms live from wine tourism and Loire à Vélo cyclists. For a château hotel, the heritage value of the building may far exceed that of the business; for a village inn, operating profit sets the price. Compare with hotels for sale across France and inns and restaurants with rooms.
Tuffeau townhouses with outbuildings and grounds readily host guest rooms and holiday lets. See B&Bs for sale in Indre-et-Loire and gîtes in Touraine.
Riverside campsites on the Loire, Cher and Indre are listed regionally under campsite businesses in Centre-Val de Loire. Cave dwellings converted into suites, emblematic of Touraine as of the neighbouring Saumur area, are a typical Loire Valley form of glamping, alongside treehouses and caravans: see glamping sites for sale.
Weddings, seminars and corporate events support many estates: see event venues in Touraine.
A hotel sale combines the notarial deed for the building and the transfer of the business (goodwill, name, contracts, equipment). A hotel is a public-access building: check the fire safety report, the 1 to 5 star rating valid for 5 years, and the transfer of the licence and operating permit at the town hall. In a château hosting receptions, the event hall is generally a type L public building, the rooms type O and any restaurant type N; if it regularly hosts events with amplified music, a noise impact study is required. Furnished lets follow the law of 19 November 2024 (loi Le Meur). Listed monuments, protected surroundings and the UNESCO perimeter frame works on façades, roofs and parks. Read the risk report carefully: flooding of the Loire, Cher, Indre and Vienne, underground cavities and ground movement in tuffeau slopes.
The Loire and Cher valleys around the major châteaux see the most visitors and the highest prices. The Chinon and Loches areas attract a more rural, wine-focused clientele; Tours provides steady business trade.
Heritage value reassures, but upkeep is heavy: roofs, heating, staff, compliance. Ask for three years of accounts and a technical survey, then model the lodging side with the holiday rental simulator (in French).
Banks lend on the building's value and on the business's past results. Build a financing plan (in French) including purchase costs, works and low-season cash.
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