Gesnes travel guide
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Visit Gesnes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gesnes is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 16 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Gesnes is 230 km from Paris and 358 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jublains at 14 km from Gesnes
Popular places to visit near Gesnes: these include Jublains at 14 km and Evron at 14 km.
Evron is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km and Jublains is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gesnes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gesnes
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gesnes.
Note that all distances from Gesnes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gesnes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gesnes (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 Mayenne 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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de Clivoy (23km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (39km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (39km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (43km) : Jardins du Mirail (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (22km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (26km) : Juvigne (35km) : Chateau-Gontier (36km) : Saint-Fraimbault (39km) : Coudray (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Evron (14km) : Jublains (14km) : Laval (16km) : Sainte-Suzanne (18km) : Mayenne (19km) : Saulges (23km) : Vitre (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Gesnes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gesnes
Canton: Montsûrs
Arrondissement: Laval
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53150
Distance to Gesnes
from Laval: 16 km
from Paris: 230 km
from Calais: 358 km
from Nice: 782 km
from Bordeaux: 368 km
from Strasbourg: 617 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gesnes): Bree, Chalons-du-Maine, Deux-Evailles, La Bazouge-Des-Alleux, La Chapelle-Rainsouin, Martigne-sur-Mayenne, Saint-Cenere and Saint-Ouen-Des-Vallons.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Gesnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gesnes