Carelles travel guide
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Visit Carelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carelles is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 36 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Carelles is 245 km from Paris and 348 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fougeres at 22 km from Carelles
Popular places to visit near Carelles: these include Fougeres at 22 km and Mayenne at 23 km.
Jardins de la Pellerine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Parc et jardin de Clivoy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Carelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carelles
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carelles.
Note that all distances from Carelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carelles (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 Mayenne 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 Carelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Pellerine (13km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (18km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (26km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (44km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (19km) : Juvigne (20km) : Fougeres (22km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (23km) : Jublains (34km) : Laval (36km) : Vitre (37km) : Evron (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Carelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carelles
Canton: Gorron
Arrondissement: Mayenne
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53120
Distance to Carelles
from Laval: 36 km
from Paris: 245 km
from Calais: 348 km
from Nice: 817 km
from Bordeaux: 395 km
from Strasbourg: 638 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carelles): Colombiers-du-Plessis, Herce, Levare, Saint-Berthevin-la-Tanniere and Saint-Denis-de-Gastines.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Carelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carelles