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Visit Marcon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marcon is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 38 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Marcon is 186 km from Paris and 373 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 27 km from Marcon
Popular places to visit near Marcon: these include Chateau du Lude at 27 km and Lavardin at 28 km.
Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. 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 Marcon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcon
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 Marcon.
Note that all distances from Marcon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marcon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marcon (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 Marcon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (12km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (24km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (27km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (32km) : Parc de Lathan (37km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (37km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (38km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (40km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (41km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (38km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (21km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (36km) : Coulaines (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Tours (38km) : Le Mans (40km) : Vendome (43km) : Amboise (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Marcon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marçon
Canton: Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72340
Distance to Marcon
from Le Mans: 38 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 373 km
from Nice: 688 km
from Bordeaux: 330 km
from Strasbourg: 545 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marcon): Beaumont-sur-Deme, Chahaignes, Dissay-sous-Courcillon, Flee, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Lhomme, Thoire-sur-Dinan and Vouvray-sur-Loir.
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 Marcon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marcon