Sable-sur-Sarthe travel guide
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Visit Sable-sur-Sarthe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sable-sur-Sarthe is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 44 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Sable-sur-Sarthe is 229 km from Paris and 381 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saulges at 16 km from Sable-sur-Sarthe
Popular places to visit near Sable-sur-Sarthe: these include Saulges at 16 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 29 km.
Saulges is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km and La Cropte is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sable-sur-Sarthe: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sable-sur-Sarthe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sable-sur-Sarthe
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 Sable-sur-Sarthe.
Note that all distances from Sable-sur-Sarthe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sable-sur-Sarthe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sable-sur-Sarthe (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 Sable-sur-Sarthe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Massonnière (21km) : Jardins du Mirail (27km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (31km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (44km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (44km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (45km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (17km) : Coudray (23km) : Chateau-Gontier (27km) : Chenille-Change (29km) : Angers (46km) : Coulaines (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (16km) : Sainte-Suzanne (29km) : Evron (35km) : Laval (41km) : Le Mans (45km) : Jublains (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Sable-sur-Sarthe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Canton: Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72300
Distance to Sable-sur-Sarthe
from Le Mans: 44 km
from Paris: 229 km
from Calais: 381 km
from Nice: 748 km
from Bordeaux: 334 km
from Strasbourg: 605 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 Sable-sur-Sarthe): Bouessay, Courtillers, Juigne-sur-Sarthe, Pince, Saint-Loup-du-Dorat, Solesmes and Souvigne-sur-Sarthe.
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 Sable-sur-Sarthe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sable-sur-Sarthe