Parennes travel guide
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Visit Parennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Parennes is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 33 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Parennes is 204 km from Paris and 347 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sainte-Suzanne at 12 km from Parennes
Popular places to visit near Parennes: these include Sainte-Suzanne at 12 km and Evron at 17 km.
Sainte-Suzanne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km and Evron is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Parennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Parennes
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 Parennes.
Note that all distances from Parennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Parennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Parennes (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 Parennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Massonnière (17km) : Jardins du Mirail (18km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (26km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (45km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (31km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (29km) : Coulaines (31km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sainte-Suzanne (12km) : Evron (17km) : Saulges (22km) : Jublains (28km) : Le Mans (31km) : Mayenne (39km) : Laval (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Parennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Parennes
Canton: Sillé-le-Guillaume
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72140
Distance to Parennes
from Le Mans: 33 km
from Paris: 204 km
from Calais: 347 km
from Nice: 757 km
from Bordeaux: 366 km
from Strasbourg: 588 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 Parennes): Neuvillette-en-Charnie, Rouesse-Vasse, Rouez, Saint-Symphorien and Torce-Viviers-en-Charnie.
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 Parennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Parennes