Esse travel guide
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Visit Esse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Esse is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 26 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Esse is 296 km from Paris and 408 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vitre at 24 km from Esse
Popular places to visit near Esse: these include Vitre at 24 km and Rennes at 26 km.
Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km and Cesson-Sevigne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 22km. 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 Esse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Esse
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Esse.
Note that all distances from Esse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Esse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Esse (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Esse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (19km) : Jardins de Broceliande (34km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (38km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cesson-Sevigne (22km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (23km) : Le Rheu (32km) : Juvigne (42km) : Fougeres (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vitre (24km) : Rennes (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Esse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Essé
Canton: Retiers
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35150
Distance to Esse
from Rennes: 26 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 408 km
from Nice: 822 km
from Bordeaux: 353 km
from Strasbourg: 682 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 Esse): Amanlis, Boistrudan, Janze, Le Theil-de-Bretagne, Marcille-Robert, Moulins, Pire-sur-Seiche and Retiers.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Esse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Esse