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Visit Montfort: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montfort is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 39 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Montfort is 265 km from Paris and 443 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Saumur at 11 km from Montfort
Popular places to visit near Montfort: these include Chateau de Saumur at 11 km and Saumur at 12 km.
Montreuil-Bellay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Montfort, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montfort
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montfort.
Note that all distances from Montfort shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montfort holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montfort (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 Maine-et-Loire 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 Montfort and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (42km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (43km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (46km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (20km) : Oiron Chateau (29km) : Chateau d'Angers (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (20km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (16km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (16km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (20km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (35km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (37km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (19km) : Thouars (24km) : Angers (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (8km) : Loudun (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Montfort & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montfort
Canton: Doué-la-Fontaine
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49700
Distance to Montfort
from Angers: 39 km
from Paris: 265 km
from Calais: 443 km
from Nice: 700 km
from Bordeaux: 264 km
from Strasbourg: 613 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montfort): Brossay, Cizay-la-Madeleine, Courchamps, Deneze-sous-Doue, Doue-la-Fontaine, Forges, Les Ulmes, Meigne and Rou-Marson.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Montfort from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montfort