Pontvallain travel guide
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Visit Pontvallain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontvallain is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 26 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Pontvallain is 201 km from Paris and 375 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 12 km from Pontvallain
Popular places to visit near Pontvallain: these include Chateau du Lude at 12 km and Le Mans at 28 km.
Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Parc et jardins du château du Lude is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. 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 Pontvallain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontvallain
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 Pontvallain.
Note that all distances from Pontvallain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontvallain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontvallain (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 Pontvallain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (8km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (12km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (24km) : Jardins du Mirail (31km) : Parc de Lathan (31km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (34km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (29km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (30km) : Cogners (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontvallain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontvallain
Canton: Pontvallain
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72510
Distance to Pontvallain
from Le Mans: 26 km
from Paris: 201 km
from Calais: 375 km
from Nice: 710 km
from Bordeaux: 330 km
from Strasbourg: 568 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 Pontvallain): Chateau-l'Hermitage, Mansigne, Requeil and Sarce.
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 Pontvallain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontvallain