Saint-Mars-la-Briere travel guide
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Visit Saint-Mars-la-Briere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Mars-la-Briere is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 14 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Mars-la-Briere is 172 km from Paris and 342 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 13 km from Saint-Mars-la-Briere
Popular places to visit near Saint-Mars-la-Briere: these include Le Mans at 13 km and Belleme at 41 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 13km. 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-Mars-la-Briere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Mars-la-Briere
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-Mars-la-Briere.
Note that all distances from Saint-Mars-la-Briere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Mars-la-Briere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Mars-la-Briere (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-Mars-la-Briere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (25km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (27km) : Jardins du Mirail (32km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (36km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (39km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (8km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (13km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (13km) : Cogners (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Mars-la-Briere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Mars-la-Brière
Canton: Montfort-le-Gesnois
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72470
Distance to Saint-Mars-la-Briere
from Le Mans: 14 km
from Paris: 172 km
from Calais: 342 km
from Nice: 718 km
from Bordeaux: 362 km
from Strasbourg: 549 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-Mars-la-Briere): Ardenay-sur-Merize, Champagne, Fatines, Lombron, Montfort-le-Gesnois, Saint-Corneille, Savigne-l'Eveque and Soulitre.
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-Mars-la-Briere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Mars-la-Briere