La Ferte-Bernard travel guide
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Visit La Ferte-Bernard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Ferte-Bernard is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 41 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: La Ferte-Bernard is 145 km from Paris and 319 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 19 km from La Ferte-Bernard
Popular places to visit near La Ferte-Bernard: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 19 km and Belleme at 22 km.
Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Perche is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Ferte-Bernard: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Ferte-Bernard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Ferte-Bernard
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 Ferte-Bernard.
Note that all distances from La Ferte-Bernard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Ferte-Bernard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Ferte-Bernard (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 La Ferte-Bernard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (28km) : Le pré Catelan (46km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (34km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (35km) : Coulaines (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (19km) :
Map of places to visit near La Ferte-Bernard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ferté-Bernard
Canton: Ferté-Bernard
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72400
Distance to La Ferte-Bernard
from Le Mans: 41 km
from Paris: 145 km
from Calais: 319 km
from Nice: 714 km
from Bordeaux: 384 km
from Strasbourg: 525 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Ferte-Bernard): Aveze, Cherre, Cherreau, Cormes, Courgenard, La Chapelle-du-Bois, Preval, Saint-Aubin-Des-Coudrais, Saint-Martin-Des-Monts, Souvigne-sur-Meme and Villaines-la-Gonais.
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 Ferte-Bernard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Ferte-Bernard