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
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!
- '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) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (13km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (30km) : Oiron Chateau (40km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (10km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (10km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (36km) :
- 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) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (41km) : Thouars (42km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (18km) : Tours (48km) :
- 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