Rahay travel guide
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Visit Rahay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rahay is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 47 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Rahay is 150 km from Paris and 340 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 25 km from Rahay
Popular places to visit near Rahay: these include Lavardin at 25 km and Vendome at 26 km.
Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Lavardin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km. 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 Rahay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rahay
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 Rahay.
Note that all distances from Rahay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rahay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rahay (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 Rahay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (26km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (28km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (47km) : Le pré Catelan (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (42km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (16km) : Coulaines (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (25km) : Le Mans (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (40km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Rahay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rahay
Canton: Saint-Calais
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72120
Distance to Rahay
from Le Mans: 47 km
from Paris: 150 km
from Calais: 340 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 364 km
from Strasbourg: 516 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 Rahay): Baillou, Berfay, Cormenon, Marolles-les-Saint-Calais, Mondoubleau, Sarge-sur-Braye and Valennes.
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 Rahay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rahay