Gennes travel guide
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Visit Gennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gennes is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 27 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Gennes is 255 km from Paris and 429 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saumur at 15 km from Gennes
Popular places to visit near Gennes: these include Saumur at 15 km and Chateau de Saumur at 15 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gennes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gennes
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 Gennes.
Note that all distances from Gennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gennes (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 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 Gennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (33km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (45km) : Jardins du Pin (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (28km) : Fontevraud Abbey (28km) : Oiron Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (26km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (1km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (1km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (27km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (23km) : Angers (27km) : Thouars (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (24km) : La Fleche (41km) : Loudun (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Gennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gennes
Canton: Gennes
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49350
Distance to Gennes
from Angers: 27 km
from Paris: 255 km
from Calais: 429 km
from Nice: 710 km
from Bordeaux: 280 km
from Strasbourg: 610 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gennes): Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault, Le Thoureil, Les Rosiers-sur-Loire, Saint-Clement-Des-Levees and Saint-Georges-Des-Sept-Voies.
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 Gennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gennes