La Fontenelle travel guide
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Visit La Fontenelle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Fontenelle is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 42 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: La Fontenelle is 286 km from Paris and 367 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Combourg at 19 km from La Fontenelle
Popular places to visit near La Fontenelle: these include Combourg at 19 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 19 km.
Parc du château de Bonnefontaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km and Jardin du château de La Ballue is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km. 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 La Fontenelle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Fontenelle
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Fontenelle.
Note that all distances from La Fontenelle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Fontenelle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Fontenelle (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Fontenelle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (2km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (4km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (19km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (30km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (38km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (38km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (39km) : Jardins de Montmarin (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (19km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (27km) : Cesson-Sevigne (40km) : Saint-Juvat (42km) : Juvigne (43km) : Saint-Malo (43km) : Dinard (45km) : Le Rheu (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (40km) : Rennes (41km) : Vitre (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (19km) :
Map of places to visit near La Fontenelle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenelle
Canton: Antrain
Arrondissement: Fougères
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35560
Distance to La Fontenelle
from Rennes: 42 km
from Paris: 286 km
from Calais: 367 km
from Nice: 858 km
from Bordeaux: 410 km
from Strasbourg: 681 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Fontenelle): Antrain, Bazouges-la-Perouse, Sacey, Saint-Ouen-la-Rouerie, Sougeal, Tremblay and Vieux-Viel.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to La Fontenelle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Fontenelle