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Visit Angers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Angers is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Maine-et-Loire department. (General information: Angers is 266 km from Paris and 426 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Angers
Popular places to visit near Angers: these include Angers at 2 km and Chateau de Brissac at 14 km.
Chateau d'Angers is a listed 'national monument' at 2km and Angers is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Angers: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Angers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Angers
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Angers.
Note that all distances from Angers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Angers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Angers (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Maine-et-Loire gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Angers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Pin (23km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (2km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (28km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chenille-Change (28km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (28km) : Coudray (38km) : Chateau-Gontier (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Angers (2km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (45km) : Montreuil-Bellay (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Angers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Angers
Canton: Angers
Arrondissement: Angers
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49000
Distance to Angers
from Angers: 0 km
from Paris: 266 km
from Calais: 426 km
from Nice: 738 km
from Bordeaux: 291 km
from Strasbourg: 630 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Angers): Avrille, Beaucouze, Bouchemaine, Chateau d'Angers, Les Ponts-de-Ce, Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou, Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix and Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Angers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Angers