Rene travel guide
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Visit Rene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rene is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 33 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Rene is 169 km from Paris and 319 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 19 km from Rene
Popular places to visit near Rene: these include Alencon at 19 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 23 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 23km and Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 28km. 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 Rene, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rene
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 Rene.
Note that all distances from Rene shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rene holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rene (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 Rene and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (39km) : Jardins du Mirail (39km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (43km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (44km) : Sassy (46km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (30km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (30km) : Sainte-Suzanne (47km) : Evron (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Rene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: René
Canton: Marolles-les-Braults
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72260
Distance to Rene
from Le Mans: 33 km
from Paris: 169 km
from Calais: 319 km
from Nice: 745 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 556 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rene): Cherance, Courgains, Dangeul, Disse-sous-Ballon, Doucelles, Grandchamp, Les Mees, Meurce, Nouans, Rouesse-Fontaine, Saosnes, Thoigne, Thoire-sous-Contensor and Vivoin.
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 Rene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rene