Melle travel guide
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Visit Melle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Melle is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 55 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Melle is 263 km from Paris and 350 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fougeres at 15 km from Melle
Popular places to visit near Melle: these include Fougeres at 15 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 29 km.
Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Fougeres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Melle: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Melle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Melle
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Melle.
Note that all distances from Melle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Melle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Melle (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Melle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (9km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (22km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (22km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (26km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (37km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (16km) : Juvigne (31km) : Saint-Fraimbault (36km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vitre (40km) : Mayenne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (41km) : Granville (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Melle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mellé
Canton: Louvigné-du-Désert
Arrondissement: Fougères
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35420
Distance to Melle
from Rennes: 55 km
from Paris: 263 km
from Calais: 350 km
from Nice: 841 km
from Bordeaux: 408 km
from Strasbourg: 658 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Melle): La Bazouge-du-Desert, Louvigne-du-Desert, Monthault, Poilley, Saint-Brice-de-Landelles and Villamee.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Melle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Melle