Brain-sur-Allonnes travel guide

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Visit Brain-sur-Allonnes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Brain-sur-Allonnes is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 50 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Brain-sur-Allonnes is 242 km from Paris and 426 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Montsoreau at 10 km from Brain-sur-Allonnes

Popular places to visit near Brain-sur-Allonnes: these include Montsoreau at 10 km and Candes-Saint-Martin at 10 km.

Loire-Anjou-Touraine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 6km and Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Brain-sur-Allonnes, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brain-sur-Allonnes

photo of Saumur
Saumur 12km
photo of Chinon
Chinon 18km
photo of Bauge
Bauge 30km
photo of Thouars
Thouars 42km
photo of Tours
Tours 48km

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 Brain-sur-Allonnes.

Note that all distances from Brain-sur-Allonnes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Brain-sur-Allonnes holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brain-sur-Allonnes (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 Brain-sur-Allonnes and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (20km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (32km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (34km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (39km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (46km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (48km) :
  2. National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (13km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (30km) : Oiron Chateau (40km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (48km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (10km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (10km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (36km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (10km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (13km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (23km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (23km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (49km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (41km) : Thouars (42km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (46km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Chinon (18km) : Tours (48km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (25km) : Loudun (32km) : La Fleche (45km) :

Map of places to visit near Brain-sur-Allonnes & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Brain-sur-Allonnes

Canton: Allonnes

Arrondissement: Saumur

Department: Maine-et-Loire

Region: Pays-de-la-Loire

Postcode: 49650

Distance to Brain-sur-Allonnes

from Angers: 50 km

from Paris: 242 km

from Calais: 426 km

from Nice: 689 km

from Bordeaux: 279 km

from Strasbourg: 589 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brain-sur-Allonnes): Allonnes, La Breille-les-Pins and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil.

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 Brain-sur-Allonnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Brain-sur-Allonnes