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Visit Preaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Preaux is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 27 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Preaux is 232 km from Paris and 375 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saulges at 7 km from Preaux
Popular places to visit near Preaux: these include Saulges at 7 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 20 km.
La Cropte is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Saulges is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km. 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 Preaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Preaux
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 Preaux.
Note that all distances from Preaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Preaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Preaux (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 Preaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Massonnière (25km) : Jardins du Mirail (31km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (37km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (38km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (3km) : Coudray (21km) : Chateau-Gontier (22km) : Chenille-Change (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (7km) : Sainte-Suzanne (20km) : Evron (25km) : Laval (27km) : Jublains (36km) : Mayenne (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Preaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Préaux
Canton: Grez-en-Bouère
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53340
Distance to Preaux
from Laval: 27 km
from Paris: 232 km
from Calais: 375 km
from Nice: 761 km
from Bordeaux: 345 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Preaux): Ballee, Beaumont-Pied-de-Boeuf, Chemere-le-Roi, La Cropte, Le Buret, Saint-Denis-du-Maine, Saint-Loup-du-Dorat and Saulges.
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 Preaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Preaux