Guecelard travel guide
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Visit Guecelard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Guecelard is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 13 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Guecelard is 197 km from Paris and 364 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 15 km from Guecelard
Popular places to visit near Guecelard: these include Le Mans at 15 km and Chateau du Lude at 26 km.
Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Jardin du château de Vilaines is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Guecelard: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Guecelard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Guecelard
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 Guecelard.
Note that all distances from Guecelard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Guecelard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Guecelard (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 Guecelard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (10km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (10km) : Jardins du Mirail (18km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (22km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (26km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (41km) : Parc de Lathan (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (16km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (19km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (17km) : Cogners (40km) : La Cropte (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (15km) : Saulges (41km) : Sainte-Suzanne (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Guecelard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Guécélard
Canton: Suze-sur-Sarthe
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72230
Distance to Guecelard
from Le Mans: 13 km
from Paris: 197 km
from Calais: 364 km
from Nice: 722 km
from Bordeaux: 342 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 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Guecelard): Arnage, Cerans-Foulletourte, Fille, Monce-en-Belin, Parigne-le-Polin, Roeze-sur-Sarthe, Saint-Ouen-en-Belin, Spay and Voivres-les-le-Mans.
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 Guecelard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Guecelard