Bernay travel guide
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Visit Bernay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bernay is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 22 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Bernay is 198 km from Paris and 348 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 21 km from Bernay
Popular places to visit near Bernay: these include Le Mans at 21 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 22 km.
Jardins du Mirail is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Jardins de la Massonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Bernay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bernay
See France This Way travel guides for and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bernay.
Note that all distances from Bernay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bernay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bernay (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 Sarthe 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 Bernay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Mirail (10km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (13km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (16km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (21km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (20km) : La Cropte (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (21km) : Sainte-Suzanne (22km) : Evron (27km) : Saulges (28km) : Jublains (38km) : Mayenne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Bernay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bernay
Canton: Conlie
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72240
Distance to Bernay
from Le Mans: 22 km
from Paris: 198 km
from Calais: 348 km
from Nice: 746 km
from Bordeaux: 362 km
from Strasbourg: 580 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bernay): Amne, Chassille, Conlie, Coulans-sur-Gee, Cures, Epineu-le-Chevreuil, Longnes, Neuvy-en-Champagne, Ruille-en-Champagne, Saint-Symphorien and Tennie.
Getting here
Sarthe is in the north-west of France. Most visitors get here by car having taken a ferry, probably to Saint-Malo or Caen, and then a drive of around 2 - 3 hours. For driving distances to Bernay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bernay