Le Mans travel guide
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Visit Le Mans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Mans is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Sarthe department. (General information: Le Mans is 186 km from Paris and 351 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Le Mans (page also includes a photo gallery for Le Mans)
Popular places to visit near Le Mans: these include Le Mans at 3 km and Chateau du Lude at 37 km.
Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Le Mans is a listed 'town of art and history' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Le Mans: Le Mans has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Mans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Mans
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 Mans.
Note that all distances from Le Mans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Mans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Mans (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 Mans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (13km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (18km) : Jardins du Mirail (19km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (25km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (37km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (3km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (6km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (5km) : Cogners (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (3km) : Sainte-Suzanne (43km) : Saulges (45km) : Evron (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Mans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mans
Canton: Mans
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72000
Distance to Le Mans
from Le Mans: 0 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 351 km
from Nice: 725 km
from Bordeaux: 355 km
from Strasbourg: 562 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Mans): Allonnes, Change, Coulaines, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin, Rouillon, Ruaudin, Sarge-les-le-Mans and Yvre-l'Eveque.
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 Mans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Mans