Chenu travel guide
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Visit Chenu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chenu is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 42 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Chenu is 203 km from Paris and 387 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 14 km from Chenu
Popular places to visit near Chenu: these include Chateau du Lude at 14 km and Chateau de Villandry at 33 km.
Parc et jardins du château du Lude is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Parc de Lathan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. 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 Chenu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chenu
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 Chenu.
Note that all distances from Chenu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chenu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chenu (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 Chenu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château du Lude (14km) : Parc de Lathan (20km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (25km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (29km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (33km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (35km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (36km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (40km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (43km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (36km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (43km) : Montsoreau (49km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (45km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (45km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (34km) : Cogners (37km) : Coulaines (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (36km) : Le Mans (45km) : Chinon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Chenu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chenu
Canton: Lude
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72500
Distance to Chenu
from Le Mans: 42 km
from Paris: 203 km
from Calais: 387 km
from Nice: 692 km
from Bordeaux: 317 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chenu): Breches, Couesmes, La Bruere-sur-Loir, Saint-Aubin-le-Depeint, Saint-Germain-d'Arce and Villiers-Au-Bouin.
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 Chenu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chenu