Brains-sur-Gee travel guide
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Visit Brains-sur-Gee: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brains-sur-Gee is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 17 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Brains-sur-Gee is 199 km from Paris and 353 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 17 km from Brains-sur-Gee
Popular places to visit near Brains-sur-Gee: these include Le Mans at 17 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 26 km.
Jardins du Mirail is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Jardin du château de Vilaines is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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 Brains-sur-Gee, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brains-sur-Gee
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 Brains-sur-Gee.
Note that all distances from Brains-sur-Gee shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brains-sur-Gee holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brains-sur-Gee (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 Brains-sur-Gee and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Mirail (4km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (9km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (10km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (29km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (17km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (17km) : La Cropte (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (17km) : Sainte-Suzanne (26km) : Saulges (28km) : Evron (32km) : Jublains (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Brains-sur-Gee & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brains-sur-Gée
Canton: Loué
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72550
Distance to Brains-sur-Gee
from Le Mans: 17 km
from Paris: 199 km
from Calais: 353 km
from Nice: 740 km
from Bordeaux: 356 km
from Strasbourg: 578 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brains-sur-Gee): Amne, Auvers-sous-Montfaucon, Coulans-sur-Gee, Crannes-en-Champagne, La Quinte, Longnes, Ruille-en-Champagne, Souligne-Flace and Tassille.
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 Brains-sur-Gee from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brains-sur-Gee