Ruille-sur-Loir travel guide
Visit Ruille-sur-Loir: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 20 km from Ruille-sur-Loir
Location: Ruille-sur-Loir is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 43 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Ruille-sur-Loir is 178 km from Paris and 367 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Ruille-sur-Loir: these include Lavardin at 20 km and Vendome at 34 km. Jardins du château de Poncé is a listed remarkable garden at 3 km and Cogners is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Ruille-sur-Loir, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ruille-sur-Loir
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 Ruille-sur-Loir.
Note that all distances from Ruille-sur-Loir shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ruille-sur-Loir holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Ruille-sur-Loir
- Besse-sur-Braye: market every Saturday (13km)
- Chateau-du-Loir: market every Saturday (16km)
- Neuvy-le-Roi: market every Friday (16km)
- Le Grand-Luce: market every Wednesday all day (17km)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (18km)
- Saint-Paterne-Racan: market every Thursday (19km)
- Savigny-sur-Braye: market every Tuesday (20km)
- Saint-Calais: market every Thursday all day & Sunday (22km)
- Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market every Tuesday (23km)
- Ecommoy: market every Tuesday (27km)
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 Ruille-sur-Loir and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Ruille-sur-Loir map below.
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (20km)
National Monument Cloisters of la Psalette (40km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (39km); Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (43km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Poncé (3km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (24km); Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (30km); Parc et jardins du château du Lude (36km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (38km); Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (40km); Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (40km); Parc de Lathan (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Tours (40km); Le Mans (40km); Amboise (46km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (34km); Tours (40km); Le Mans (42km); Amboise (46km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cogners (14km); Vendome (34km); Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (39km); Tours (40km); Coulaines (43km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (38km); Spaycific'Zoo (40km)
Map of places to visit near Ruille-sur-Loir & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ruillé-sur-Loir
Canton: Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72340
Distance to Ruille-sur-Loir
from Le Mans (local prefecture): 43 km
from Paris: 178 km
from Calais: 367 km
from Nice: 684 km
from Bordeaux: 337 km
from Strasbourg: 537 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ruille-sur-Loir): Couture-sur-Loir, La Chapelle-Gaugain, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Lhomme, Ponce-sur-le-Loir, Trehet and Villedieu-le-Chateau.
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 Ruille-sur-Loir from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ruille-sur-Loir