Forges-la-Foret travel guide
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Visit Forges-la-Foret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Forges-la-Foret is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 41 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Forges-la-Foret is 290 km from Paris and 412 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vitre at 30 km from Forges-la-Foret
Popular places to visit near Forges-la-Foret: these include Vitre at 30 km and Rennes at 41 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Craon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km and Vitre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 30km. 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 Forges-la-Foret, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Forges-la-Foret
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 Forges-la-Foret.
Note that all distances from Forges-la-Foret shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Forges-la-Foret holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Forges-la-Foret (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 Forges-la-Foret and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (25km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (33km) : Jardins de Broceliande (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cesson-Sevigne (37km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (38km) : Chateau-Gontier (43km) : Juvigne (45km) : Le Rheu (47km) : Coudray (48km) : Chenille-Change (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vitre (30km) : Rennes (41km) : Laval (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Forges-la-Foret & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Forges-la-Forêt
Canton: Retiers
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35640
Distance to Forges-la-Foret
from Rennes: 41 km
from Paris: 290 km
from Calais: 412 km
from Nice: 807 km
from Bordeaux: 340 km
from Strasbourg: 674 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Forges-la-Foret): Chelun, Drouges, Eance and Martigne-Ferchaud.
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 Forges-la-Foret from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Forges-la-Foret