Gael travel guide
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Visit Gael: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gael is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 40 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Gael is 346 km from Paris and 429 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paimpont at 13 km from Gael
Popular places to visit near Gael: these include Paimpont at 13 km and Josselin at 31 km.
Parc du château de Caradeuc is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 27km and Jardins de Broceliande is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 28km. 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 Gael, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gael
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 Gael.
Note that all distances from Gael shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gael holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gael (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 Gael and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Caradeuc (27km) : Jardins de Broceliande (28km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (38km) : Jardin du Colombier (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Juvat (28km) : Le Rheu (31km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (39km) : La Gacilly (41km) : Cesson-Sevigne (45km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (38km) : Rennes (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Gael & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gaël
Canton: Saint-Méen-le-Grand
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35290
Distance to Gael
from Rennes: 40 km
from Paris: 346 km
from Calais: 429 km
from Nice: 883 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 737 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gael): Loscouet-sur-Meu, Mauron, Muel, Saint-Lery and Saint-Onen-la-Chapelle.
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 Gael from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gael