Ligron travel guide
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Visit Ligron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ligron is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 28 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Ligron is 211 km from Paris and 378 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 18 km from Ligron
Popular places to visit near Ligron: these include Chateau du Lude at 18 km and Bauge at 27 km.
La Fleche is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Ligron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ligron
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 Ligron.
Note that all distances from Ligron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ligron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ligron (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 Ligron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (18km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (18km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (20km) : Jardins du Mirail (24km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (25km) : Parc de Lathan (35km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (30km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (32km) : La Cropte (43km) : Coudray (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (30km) : Saulges (39km) : Sainte-Suzanne (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (10km) :
Map of places to visit near Ligron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ligron
Canton: Malicorne-sur-Sarthe
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72270
Distance to Ligron
from Le Mans: 28 km
from Paris: 211 km
from Calais: 378 km
from Nice: 722 km
from Bordeaux: 329 km
from Strasbourg: 581 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 Ligron): Bousse, Clermont-Creans, Courcelles-la-Foret, La Fontaine-Saint-Martin and Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte.
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 Ligron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ligron