Balaze travel guide
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Visit Balaze: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balaze is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 37 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Balaze is 272 km from Paris and 379 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vitre at 5 km from Balaze
Popular places to visit near Balaze: these include Vitre at 5 km and Fougeres at 20 km.
Vitre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Juvigne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Balaze, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balaze
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balaze.
Note that all distances from Balaze shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balaze holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balaze (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Balaze and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Pellerine (19km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (25km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (25km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (28km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (39km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (40km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Juvigne (13km) : Fougeres (20km) : Cesson-Sevigne (31km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (41km) : Le Rheu (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vitre (5km) : Laval (33km) : Rennes (37km) : Mayenne (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Balaze & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balazé
Canton: Vitré-Est
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35500
Distance to Balaze
from Rennes: 37 km
from Paris: 272 km
from Calais: 379 km
from Nice: 821 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 662 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balaze): Montautour, Montreuil-sous-Perouse, Saint-M-Herve, Taillis and Vitre.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Balaze from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balaze