La Chartre-sur-le-Loir travel guide
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Visit La Chartre-sur-le-Loir: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Chartre-sur-le-Loir is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 40 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: La Chartre-sur-le-Loir is 181 km from Paris and 370 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 23 km from La Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Popular places to visit near La Chartre-sur-le-Loir: these include Lavardin at 23 km and Chateau du Lude at 33 km.
Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. 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 La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Chartre-sur-le-Loir
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 La Chartre-sur-le-Loir.
Note that all distances from La Chartre-sur-le-Loir shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Chartre-sur-le-Loir holidays and travel
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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 La Chartre-sur-le-Loir and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (7km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (27km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (28km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (33km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (38km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (38km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (38km) : Parc de Lathan (42km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (43km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (39km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (17km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (37km) : Coulaines (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (38km) : Tours (38km) : Le Mans (42km) : Amboise (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (49km) :
Map of places to visit near La Chartre-sur-le-Loir & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Canton: Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72340
Distance to La Chartre-sur-le-Loir
from Le Mans: 40 km
from Paris: 181 km
from Calais: 370 km
from Nice: 685 km
from Bordeaux: 333 km
from Strasbourg: 540 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 La Chartre-sur-le-Loir): Beaumont-sur-Deme, Chahaignes, Lhomme, Marcon, Ponce-sur-le-Loir, Ruille-sur-Loir, Trehet and Villedieu-le-Chateau.
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 La Chartre-sur-le-Loir from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Chartre-sur-le-Loir