Le Lude travel guide
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Visit Le Lude: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Lude is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 37 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Le Lude is 211 km from Paris and 387 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Le Lude
Popular places to visit near Le Lude: these include Bauge at 23 km and Le Mans at 40 km.
La Fleche is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km and Parc de Lathan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Le Lude: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Lude, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Lude
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 Le Lude.
Note that all distances from Le Lude shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Lude holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Lude (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 Le Lude and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (19km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (20km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (34km) : Jardins du Mirail (40km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (40km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (42km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (43km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (48km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (49km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (49km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (49km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (49km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (40km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (42km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (45km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (45km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (42km) : Cogners (45km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (40km) : Tours (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Lude & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lude
Canton: Lude
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72800
Distance to Le Lude
from Le Mans: 37 km
from Paris: 211 km
from Calais: 387 km
from Nice: 705 km
from Bordeaux: 317 km
from Strasbourg: 573 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Lude): Coulonge, Disse-sous-le-Lude and La Chapelle-Aux-Choux.
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 Le Lude from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Lude