Fay travel guide
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Visit Fay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fay is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 10 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Fay is 193 km from Paris and 351 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 9 km from Fay
Popular places to visit near Fay: these include Le Mans at 9 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 33 km.
Jardin du château de Vilaines is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Le Mans is a listed 'town of art and history' at 9km. 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 Fay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fay
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 Fay.
Note that all distances from Fay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fay (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 Fay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (7km) : Jardins du Mirail (10km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (16km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (24km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (9km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (15km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (10km) : La Cropte (43km) : Cogners (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (9km) : Sainte-Suzanne (33km) : Saulges (36km) : Evron (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Fay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fay
Canton: Allonnes
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72550
Distance to Fay
from Le Mans: 10 km
from Paris: 193 km
from Calais: 351 km
from Nice: 734 km
from Bordeaux: 356 km
from Strasbourg: 571 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fay): Chaufour-Notre-Dame, Coulans-sur-Gee, Degre, Etival-les-le-Mans, La Quinte, Pruille-le-Chetif, Rouillon, Saint-Georges-du-Bois, Saint-Saturnin, Souligne-Flace and Trange.
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 Fay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fay