La Guierche travel guide
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Visit La Guierche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Guierche is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 15 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: La Guierche is 179 km from Paris and 337 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 12 km from La Guierche
Popular places to visit near La Guierche: these include Le Mans at 12 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 35 km.
Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Guierche, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Guierche
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 Guierche.
Note that all distances from La Guierche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Guierche holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Guierche (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 Guierche and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (22km) : Jardins du Mirail (24km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (30km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (12km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (13km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (10km) : Cogners (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (12km) : Sainte-Suzanne (41km) : Evron (44km) : Saulges (47km) :
Map of places to visit near La Guierche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Guierche
Canton: Ballon
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72380
Distance to La Guierche
from Le Mans: 15 km
from Paris: 179 km
from Calais: 337 km
from Nice: 734 km
from Bordeaux: 369 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Guierche): Aigne, Joue-l'Abbe, La Bazoge, La Milesse, Montbizot, Neuville-sur-Sarthe, Saint-Jean-d'Asse, Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe, Souille and Souligne-sous-Ballon.
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 Guierche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Guierche