Bannes travel guide
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Visit Bannes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bannes is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 33 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Bannes is 222 km from Paris and 366 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saulges at 4 km from Bannes
Popular places to visit near Bannes: these include Saulges at 4 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 13 km.
Saulges is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km and La Cropte is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. 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 Bannes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bannes
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bannes.
Note that all distances from Bannes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bannes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bannes (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 Mayenne 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 Bannes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Massonnière (16km) : Jardins du Mirail (22km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (30km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (47km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (47km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (41km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (11km) : Coudray (30km) : Chateau-Gontier (32km) : Chenille-Change (39km) : Coulaines (41km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (4km) : Sainte-Suzanne (13km) : Evron (20km) : Laval (33km) : Jublains (33km) : Le Mans (41km) : Mayenne (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Bannes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bannes
Canton: Meslay-du-Maine
Arrondissement: Laval
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53340
Distance to Bannes
from Laval: 33 km
from Paris: 222 km
from Calais: 366 km
from Nice: 757 km
from Bordeaux: 350 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bannes): Ballee, Cosse-en-Champagne, Epineux-le-Seguin, Saint-Denis-d'Orques, Saint-Jean-sur-Erve, Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve, Saulges, Thorigne-en-Charnie and Vire-en-Champagne.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Bannes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bannes