Fontevraud Abbey travel guide
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Visit Fontevraud Abbey: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontevraud Abbey is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays de la Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 55 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Fontevraud Abbey is 253 km from Paris and 439 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Fontevraud Abbey (page also includes a photo gallery for Fontevraud Abbey)
Popular places to visit near Fontevraud Abbey: these include Candes-Saint-Martin at 4 km and Montsoreau at 4 km.
Candes-Saint-Martin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and Montsoreau is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km. 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 Fontevraud Abbey, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontevraud Abbey
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays de la Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontevraud Abbey.
Note that all distances from Fontevraud Abbey shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontevraud Abbey holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontevraud Abbey (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 Pays de la Loire and Maine-et-Loire 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 Fontevraud Abbey and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (24km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (33km) : Parc de Lathan (34km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (39km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (27km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (4km) : Montsoreau (4km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (4km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (27km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (27km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (36km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (30km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (16km) : Loudun (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontevraud Abbey & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Abbaye de Fontevraud
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays de la Loire
Postcode: na
Distance to Fontevraud Abbey
from Angers: 55 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 439 km
from Nice: 683 km
from Bordeaux: 265 km
from Strasbourg: 595 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 Fontevraud Abbey): Candes-Saint-Martin, Chouze-sur-Loire, Couziers, Lerne, Montsoreau, Parnay, Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Saix, Savigny-en-Veron, Souzay-Champigny and Turquant.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Fontevraud Abbey from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontevraud Abbey