Dollon travel guide
Visit Dollon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 29 km from Dollon
Location: Dollon is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 29 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Dollon is 159 km from Paris and 336 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Dollon: these include Le Mans at 29 km and Nogent-le-Rotrou at 36 km. Cogners is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 20 km and Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed religious monument at 24 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Dollon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dollon
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 Dollon.
Note that all distances from Dollon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dollon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Dollon
- Connerre: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Vibraye: market every Friday (11km)
- Saint-Calais: market every Thursday all day & Sunday (17km)
- La Ferte-Bernard: market every Saturday & Monday (17km)
- Bonnetable: market every Tuesday & Friday (19km)
- Souday: market every Wednesday (21km)
- Le Grand-Luce: market every Wednesday all day (21km)
- Mondoubleau: market every Saturday & Monday all day (24km)
- Savigny-sur-Braye: market every Tuesday (24km)
- Besse-sur-Braye: market every Saturday (26km)
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 Dollon and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Dollon map below.
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (40km)
Recommended Detour Nogent-le-Rotrou (36km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (24km); Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (29km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Poncé (31km); Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (36km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Le Mans (29km)
Town Of Art And History Le Mans (29km); Vendome (45km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cogners (20km); Coulaines (29km); Vendome (45km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Spaycific'Zoo (36km)
Map of places to visit near Dollon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dollon
Canton: Vibraye
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72390
Distance to Dollon
from Le Mans (local prefecture): 29 km
from Paris: 159 km
from Calais: 336 km
from Nice: 707 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 533 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dollon): Beille, Bouer, Coudrecieux, Duneau, Lavare, Le Luart, Saint-Maixent, Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes, Semur-en-Vallon, Thorigne-sur-Due and Vouvray-sur-Huisne.
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 Dollon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dollon