Duneau travel guide
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Visit Duneau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Duneau is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 26 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Duneau is 161 km from Paris and 335 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 25 km from Duneau
Popular places to visit near Duneau: these include Le Mans at 25 km and Belleme at 35 km.
Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km and Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 24km. 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 Duneau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Duneau
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 Duneau.
Note that all distances from Duneau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Duneau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Duneau (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 Duneau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (35km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (35km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (38km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (44km) : Jardins du Mirail (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (20km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (24km) : Coulaines (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Duneau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Duneau
Canton: Tuffé
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72160
Distance to Duneau
from Le Mans: 26 km
from Paris: 161 km
from Calais: 335 km
from Nice: 712 km
from Bordeaux: 369 km
from Strasbourg: 537 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Duneau): Beille, Connerre, Dollon, La Chapelle-Saint-Remy, Le Luart, Nuille-le-Jalais, Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru, Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes, Sceaux-sur-Huisne, Thorigne-sur-Due, Tuffe 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 Duneau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Duneau