Pontmain travel guide
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Visit Pontmain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontmain is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 46 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Pontmain is 255 km from Paris and 349 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fougeres at 14 km from Pontmain
Popular places to visit near Pontmain: these include Fougeres at 14 km and Mayenne at 35 km.
Jardins de la Pellerine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Fougeres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. 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 Pontmain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontmain
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 Pontmain.
Note that all distances from Pontmain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontmain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontmain (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 Pontmain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Pellerine (14km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (15km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (27km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (32km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (14km) : Juvigne (23km) : Saint-Fraimbault (27km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (35km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (35km) : Vitre (37km) : Laval (46km) : Jublains (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontmain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontmain
Canton: Landivy
Arrondissement: Mayenne
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53220
Distance to Pontmain
from Laval: 46 km
from Paris: 255 km
from Calais: 349 km
from Nice: 830 km
from Bordeaux: 402 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontmain): La Bazouge-du-Desert, Landivy, Le Loroux, Louvigne-du-Desert, Montaudin, Saint-Ellier-du-Maine and Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie.
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 Pontmain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontmain