Meral travel guide
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Visit Meral: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Meral is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 20 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Meral is 265 km from Paris and 390 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laval at 20 km from Meral
Popular places to visit near Meral: these include Laval at 20 km and Vitre at 25 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Craon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Laval is a listed 'town of art and history' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Meral: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Meral, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Meral
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Meral.
Note that all distances from Meral shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Meral holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Meral (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 Mayenne 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 Meral and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (13km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (31km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (40km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateau-Gontier (25km) : Juvigne (30km) : Coudray (31km) : La Cropte (36km) : Chenille-Change (37km) : Fougeres (46km) : Cesson-Sevigne (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laval (20km) : Vitre (25km) : Saulges (43km) : Mayenne (48km) : Evron (48km) : Jublains (49km) : Sainte-Suzanne (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Meral & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Méral
Canton: Cossé-le-Vivien
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53230
Distance to Meral
from Laval: 20 km
from Paris: 265 km
from Calais: 390 km
from Nice: 795 km
from Bordeaux: 349 km
from Strasbourg: 650 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Meral): Beaulieu-sur-Oudon, Cosse-le-Vivien, Montjean and Saint-Poix.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Meral from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Meral