A B&B for sale in Indre-et-Loire gives guests easy access to Chenonceau, Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Villandry, Chinon and Loches, in the heart of the UNESCO-listed Loire Valley. International visitors fill Touraine from Easter to autumn. Beyond the châteaux come the Vouvray, Montlouis, Chinon and Bourgueil vineyards, cave dwellings carved into the white tuffeau stone, the Loire à Vélo cycle route and fine regional food. Tours, a university and business city, and Beauval zoo, just over the border in Loir-et-Cher, add cultural, family and business demand.
Properties range from village guest houses already trading to large character estates, sometimes combined with holiday cottages or a leisure park. This page is for buyers of a running business, people comparing Touraine with Loir-et-Cher, and owners preparing to sell. Touraine newcomers can be tracked with an email alert (in French).
As of 25 September 2026, 6 listings of B&Bs and guest houses in Indre-et-Loire are published on ma-propriete.fr. The median asking price is €1,261,500, within an overall range of €336,840 to €1,990,000.
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.
Indre-et-Loire is the most expensive market in Centre-Val de Loire: a €180,000 median country house in 2025 and a top decile starting at €299,304. A five-bedroom guest house with grounds nearly always ranks among prestige homes, where the local median is €690,000 over 2021-2025 (indicative), with most sales between €416,600 and €1,164,000 and €1,944 per m², the highest in the region. Villages around Tours fetch €195,190, while the deeper countryside, at €150,000, has eased slightly since 2021.
The Loire valley from Amboise to Langeais, via Vouvray and Tours, has the most visitors and the highest prices, with cyclists on the Loire à Vélo. The Cher valley around Chenonceau benefits from the château's fame and nearby Beauval. To the west, the Chinon and Bourgueil area combines vineyards, Chinon fortress and nearby Fontevraud abbey. In the south, the Loches area and the Indre valley offer character villages at more moderate prices, while the northern Gâtine is quieter. High-speed trains link Paris to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and continue to Bordeaux, the A10, A85 and A28 serve the area, and Tours airport has European flights.
White tuffeau stone and slate roofs dominate; soft stone suffers from damp and unsuitable renders. Cave dwellings need a survey of the cavities, which can collapse. The Loire, Cher, Indre and Vienne valleys have flood-risk plans to check before any offer. Near listed monuments and within the UNESCO area, exterior works require approval from the state heritage architect. Private septic systems are inspected by the SPANC service. A chambres d'hôtes business is capped at 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, with a declaration at the mairie (town hall); serving local wine at dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit.
Use two land-registry benchmarks: €180,000 for a country house and €690,000 for a prestige home. Near the great châteaux or on the Loire, a guest house often exceeds the second figure. Add notaire fees (the public official handling sales), works and fit-out. Read our buying guide (in French) and test the project with the B&B profitability simulator (in French).
Château visitors happily dine in after a day of sightseeing, especially in villages without a restaurant. Guest dinners raise revenue per night but also workload and hygiene obligations; see our article on table d'hôtes profitability (in French).
After the compromis de vente (preliminary contract), the building is sold before a notaire, often with furniture, website and bookings. Sellers gather accounts, the town hall declaration, surveys and the septic report, then list their property.
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