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Visit Craon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Craon is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 29 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Craon is 269 km from Paris and 401 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laval at 29 km from Craon
Popular places to visit near Craon: these include Laval at 29 km and Vitre at 37 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Craon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Chateau-Gontier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Craon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Craon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Craon
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 Craon.
Note that all distances from Craon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Craon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Craon (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 Craon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (1km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (43km) : Jardins du Pin (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateau-Gontier (18km) : Coudray (23km) : Chenille-Change (26km) : La Cropte (36km) : Juvigne (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laval (29km) : Vitre (37km) : Saulges (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Craon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Craon
Canton: Craon
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53400
Distance to Craon
from Laval: 29 km
from Paris: 269 km
from Calais: 401 km
from Nice: 786 km
from Bordeaux: 335 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Craon): Athee, Bouchamps-les-Craon, Cherance, Denaze, Livre, Niafles, Pommerieux and Saint-Martin-du-Limet.
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 Craon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Craon