Pontigne travel guide
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Visit Pontigne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontigne is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 40 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Pontigne is 229 km from Paris and 403 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bauge at 5 km from Pontigne
Popular places to visit near Pontigne: these include Bauge at 5 km and Chateau du Lude at 19 km.
La Fleche is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Parc de Lathan is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Pontigne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontigne
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 Pontigne.
Note that all distances from Pontigne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontigne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontigne (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 Pontigne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (17km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (19km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (37km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (45km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (47km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (48km) : Jardins du Mirail (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (40km) : Fontevraud Abbey (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (38km) : Montsoreau (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (27km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (38km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angers (40km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (17km) : Montreuil-Bellay (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontigne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontigné
Canton: Baugé
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49150
Distance to Pontigne
from Angers: 40 km
from Paris: 229 km
from Calais: 403 km
from Nice: 711 km
from Bordeaux: 304 km
from Strasbourg: 590 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 Pontigne): Bauge, Boce, Lasse, Le Guedeniau, Le Vieil-Bauge, Montpollin, Saint-Martin-d'Arce and Vaulandry.
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 Pontigne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontigne