Gesnes-le-Gandelin travel guide
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Visit Gesnes-le-Gandelin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gesnes-le-Gandelin is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 44 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Gesnes-le-Gandelin is 180 km from Paris and 317 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 6 km from Gesnes-le-Gandelin
Popular places to visit near Gesnes-le-Gandelin: these include Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 6 km and Alencon at 10 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km and Normandie-Maine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 23km. 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 Gesnes-le-Gandelin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gesnes-le-Gandelin
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 Gesnes-le-Gandelin.
Note that all distances from Gesnes-le-Gandelin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gesnes-le-Gandelin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gesnes-le-Gandelin (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 Gesnes-le-Gandelin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (35km) : Jardins du Mirail (42km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (45km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (46km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (6km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (41km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (39km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Evron (38km) : Jublains (39km) : Sainte-Suzanne (40km) : Le Mans (41km) : Mayenne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Gesnes-le-Gandelin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gesnes-le-Gandelin
Canton: Saint-Paterne
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72130
Distance to Gesnes-le-Gandelin
from Le Mans: 44 km
from Paris: 180 km
from Calais: 317 km
from Nice: 762 km
from Bordeaux: 394 km
from Strasbourg: 570 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gesnes-le-Gandelin): Arconnay, Asse-le-Boisne, Berus, Bethon, Fye, Heloup, Mieuxce, Moulins-le-Carbonnel, Oisseau-le-Petit, Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei, Saint-Victeur and Souge-le-Ganelon.
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 Gesnes-le-Gandelin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gesnes-le-Gandelin