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Visit Laval: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Laval is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Mayenne department. (General information: Laval is 246 km from Paris and 372 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Laval
Popular places to visit near Laval: these include Jublains at 29 km and Saulges at 29 km.
Parc et jardin de Clivoy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km and La Cropte is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Laval: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Laval, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Laval
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Laval.
Note that all distances from Laval shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Laval holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Laval (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 Mayenne 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 Laval and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de Clivoy (19km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (28km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (34km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (24km) : Chateau-Gontier (27km) : Juvigne (27km) : Coudray (32km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (37km) : Chenille-Change (42km) : Fougeres (44km) : Saint-Fraimbault (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (29km) : Jublains (29km) : Mayenne (29km) : Evron (29km) : Sainte-Suzanne (31km) : Vitre (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Laval & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Laval
Canton: Laval
Arrondissement: Laval
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53000
Distance to Laval
from Laval: 0 km
from Paris: 246 km
from Calais: 372 km
from Nice: 789 km
from Bordeaux: 360 km
from Strasbourg: 632 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Laval): Bonchamp-les-Laval, Change, Force, Louverne and Saint-Berthevin.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Laval from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Laval