Grandchamp travel guide
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Visit Grandchamp: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Grandchamp is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 36 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Grandchamp is 171 km from Paris and 318 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 16 km from Grandchamp
Popular places to visit near Grandchamp: these include Alencon at 16 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 19 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km and Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 31km. 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 Grandchamp, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grandchamp
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 Grandchamp.
Note that all distances from Grandchamp shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Grandchamp holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grandchamp (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 Grandchamp and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Mirail (40km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (41km) : Sassy (42km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (44km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (46km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (19km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (33km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (33km) : Sainte-Suzanne (46km) : Evron (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Grandchamp & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grandchamp
Canton: Saint-Paterne
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72610
Distance to Grandchamp
from Le Mans: 36 km
from Paris: 171 km
from Calais: 318 km
from Nice: 749 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 559 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grandchamp): Bourg-le-Roi, Cherance, Cherisay, Coulombiers, Doucelles, Les Mees, Louvigny, Piace, Rene, Rouesse-Fontaine, Saint-Remy-du-Val, Thoigne and Thoire-sous-Contensor.
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 Grandchamp from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Grandchamp