Lavare travel guide
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Visit Lavare: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lavare is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 34 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Lavare is 154 km from Paris and 334 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 33 km from Lavare
Popular places to visit near Lavare: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 33 km and Le Mans at 34 km.
Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km and Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 28km. 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 Lavare, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavare
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 Lavare.
Note that all distances from Lavare shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lavare holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lavare (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 Lavare and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (32km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (40km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (43km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (43km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (28km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (21km) : Coulaines (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (34km) : Vendome (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Lavare & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lavaré
Canton: Vibraye
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72390
Distance to Lavare
from Le Mans: 34 km
from Paris: 154 km
from Calais: 334 km
from Nice: 705 km
from Bordeaux: 370 km
from Strasbourg: 528 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 Lavare): Bouer, Dollon, Le Luart, Saint-Maixent, Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes, Sceaux-sur-Huisne and Semur-en-Vallon.
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 Lavare from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lavare