Challain-la-Potherie travel guide
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Visit Challain-la-Potherie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Challain-la-Potherie is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 42 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Challain-la-Potherie is 286 km from Paris and 424 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Plessis-Bourre at 38 km from Challain-la-Potherie
Popular places to visit near Challain-la-Potherie: these include Chateau Plessis-Bourre at 38 km and Angers at 42 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Craon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km and Jardins du Pin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 28km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Challain-la-Potherie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Challain-la-Potherie
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 Challain-la-Potherie.
Note that all distances from Challain-la-Potherie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Challain-la-Potherie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Challain-la-Potherie (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 Challain-la-Potherie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (25km) : Jardins du Pin (28km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chenille-Change (29km) : Chateau-Gontier (33km) : Coudray (35km) : Angers (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Challain-la-Potherie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Challain-la-Potherie
Canton: Candé
Arrondissement: Segré
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49440
Distance to Challain-la-Potherie
from Angers: 42 km
from Paris: 286 km
from Calais: 424 km
from Nice: 779 km
from Bordeaux: 313 km
from Strasbourg: 661 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 Challain-la-Potherie): Le Bourg-d'Ire, Le Tremblay and Loire.
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 Challain-la-Potherie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Challain-la-Potherie