Saint-Charles-la-Foret travel guide
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Visit Saint-Charles-la-Foret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Charles-la-Foret is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 23 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Charles-la-Foret is 239 km from Paris and 380 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saulges at 14 km from Saint-Charles-la-Foret
Popular places to visit near Saint-Charles-la-Foret: these include Saulges at 14 km and Laval at 24 km.
La Cropte is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Chateau-Gontier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Charles-la-Foret, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Charles-la-Foret
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Charles-la-Foret.
Note that all distances from Saint-Charles-la-Foret shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Charles-la-Foret holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Charles-la-Foret (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 Mayenne 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 Saint-Charles-la-Foret and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (30km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (32km) : Jardins du Mirail (39km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (42km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (45km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (7km) : Chateau-Gontier (14km) : Coudray (15km) : Chenille-Change (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (14km) : Laval (24km) : Sainte-Suzanne (26km) : Evron (29km) : Jublains (39km) : Mayenne (45km) : Angers (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Charles-la-Foret & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Charles-la-Forêt
Canton: Grez-en-Bouère
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53170
Distance to Saint-Charles-la-Foret
from Laval: 23 km
from Paris: 239 km
from Calais: 380 km
from Nice: 766 km
from Bordeaux: 342 km
from Strasbourg: 619 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Charles-la-Foret): Grez-en-Bouere, La Cropte, Le Bignon-du-Maine, Le Buret, Longuefuye, Meslay-du-Maine, Ruille-Froid-Fonds and Saint-Denis-du-Maine.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Saint-Charles-la-Foret from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Charles-la-Foret