Ruaudin travel guide
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Visit Ruaudin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ruaudin is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 6 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Ruaudin is 184 km from Paris and 353 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 9 km from Ruaudin
Popular places to visit near Ruaudin: these include Le Mans at 9 km and Chateau du Lude at 34 km.
Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ruaudin: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ruaudin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ruaudin
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 Ruaudin.
Note that all distances from Ruaudin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ruaudin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ruaudin (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 Ruaudin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (14km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (16km) : Jardins du Mirail (24km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (30km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (34km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (8km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (9km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (10km) : Cogners (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (9km) : Sainte-Suzanne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Ruaudin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ruaudin
Canton: Mans-Sud-Est
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72230
Distance to Ruaudin
from Le Mans: 6 km
from Paris: 184 km
from Calais: 353 km
from Nice: 719 km
from Bordeaux: 351 km
from Strasbourg: 558 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ruaudin): Arnage, Brette-les-Pins, Change, Le Mans, Monce-en-Belin and Mulsanne.
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 Ruaudin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ruaudin