Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 41 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles is 145 km from Paris and 324 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 23 km from Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 23 km and Belleme at 30 km.
Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed 'recommended detour' at 23km and Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. 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-Jean-Des-Echelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles
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 Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles (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 Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (34km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (41km) : Le pré Catelan (44km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (48km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (35km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (29km) : Coulaines (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (41km) : Vendome (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (23km) : Chateaudun (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-des-Échelles
Canton: Montmirail
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72320
Distance to Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles
from Le Mans: 41 km
from Paris: 145 km
from Calais: 324 km
from Nice: 706 km
from Bordeaux: 379 km
from Strasbourg: 522 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 Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles): Champrond, Cherre, Cormes, Courgenard, Lamnay, Montmirail and Saint-Maixent.
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 Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles