Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon travel guide
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Visit Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 21 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon is 173 km from Paris and 330 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 19 km from Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon
Popular places to visit near Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon: these include Le Mans at 19 km and Alencon at 31 km.
Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km and Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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-sous-Ballon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon
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-sous-Ballon.
Note that all distances from Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon (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-sous-Ballon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (29km) : Jardins du Mirail (31km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (36km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (39km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (18km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (17km) : Cogners (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (19km) : Sainte-Suzanne (45km) : Evron (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon
Canton: Ballon
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72290
Distance to Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon
from Le Mans: 21 km
from Paris: 173 km
from Calais: 330 km
from Nice: 736 km
from Bordeaux: 376 km
from Strasbourg: 556 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-sous-Ballon): Ballon, Conge-sur-Orne, Courceboeufs, Luce-sous-Ballon, Montbizot, Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe, Souligne-sous-Ballon and Teille.
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-sous-Ballon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon