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Visit Preval: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Preval is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 42 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Preval is 145 km from Paris and 315 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleme at 16 km from Preval
Popular places to visit near Preval: these include Belleme at 16 km and Nogent-le-Rotrou at 18 km.
Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km and Perche is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 22km. 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 Preval, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Preval
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 Preval.
Note that all distances from Preval shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Preval holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Preval (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 Preval and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (24km) : Le pré Catelan (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (36km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (39km) : Cogners (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Preval & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Préval
Canton: Ferté-Bernard
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72400
Distance to Preval
from Le Mans: 42 km
from Paris: 145 km
from Calais: 315 km
from Nice: 719 km
from Bordeaux: 389 km
from Strasbourg: 527 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Preval): Aveze, Bellou-le-Trichard, Cherreau, Dehault, La Chapelle-du-Bois, La Ferte-Bernard, Le Theil, Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre and Souvigne-sur-Meme.
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 Preval from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Preval