Besse-sur-Braye travel guide
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Visit Besse-sur-Braye: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Besse-sur-Braye is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 44 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Besse-sur-Braye is 164 km from Paris and 356 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 14 km from Besse-sur-Braye
Popular places to visit near Besse-sur-Braye: these include Lavardin at 14 km and Vendome at 24 km.
Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Besse-sur-Braye: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Besse-sur-Braye, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Besse-sur-Braye
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 Besse-sur-Braye.
Note that all distances from Besse-sur-Braye shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Besse-sur-Braye holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Besse-sur-Braye (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 Besse-sur-Braye and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (10km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (19km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (38km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (43km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (48km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (49km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (49km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (14km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (41km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (8km) : Coulaines (46km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (24km) : Le Mans (45km) : Amboise (49km) : Tours (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Besse-sur-Braye & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessé-sur-Braye
Canton: Saint-Calais
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72310
Distance to Besse-sur-Braye
from Le Mans: 44 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 356 km
from Nice: 683 km
from Bordeaux: 348 km
from Strasbourg: 525 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Besse-sur-Braye): Bonneveau, Celle, La Chapelle-Gaugain, La Chapelle-Huon, Lavenay, Savigny-sur-Braye and Troo.
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 Besse-sur-Braye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Besse-sur-Braye