Lavardin travel guide
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Visit Lavardin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lavardin 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: Lavardin is 189 km from Paris and 345 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 13 km from Lavardin
Popular places to visit near Lavardin: these include Le Mans at 13 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 31 km.
Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km 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 Lavardin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavardin
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 Lavardin.
Note that all distances from Lavardin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lavardin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lavardin (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 Lavardin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Mirail (14km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (15km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (19km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (31km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (12km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (17km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (12km) : La Cropte (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (13km) : Sainte-Suzanne (31km) : Saulges (36km) : Evron (36km) : Jublains (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Lavardin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lavardin
Canton: Conlie
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72240
Distance to Lavardin
from Le Mans: 15 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 345 km
from Nice: 739 km
from Bordeaux: 364 km
from Strasbourg: 571 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lavardin): Aigne, Chaufour-Notre-Dame, Cures, Degre, Domfront-en-Champagne, La Chapelle-Saint-Fray, La Milesse, La Quinte and Trange.
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 Lavardin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lavardin