Saosnes travel guide
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Visit Saosnes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saosnes is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 38 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saosnes is 163 km from Paris and 313 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 18 km from Saosnes
Popular places to visit near Saosnes: these include Alencon at 18 km and Belleme at 22 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km and Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 34km. 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 Saosnes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saosnes
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 Saosnes.
Note that all distances from Saosnes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saosnes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saosnes (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 Saosnes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (38km) : Sassy (43km) : Jardins du Mirail (45km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (46km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (35km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Saosnes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saosnes
Canton: Mamers
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72600
Distance to Saosnes
from Le Mans: 38 km
from Paris: 163 km
from Calais: 313 km
from Nice: 745 km
from Bordeaux: 393 km
from Strasbourg: 551 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saosnes): Commerveil, Courgains, Les Mees, Livet-en-Saosnois, Louvigny, Marollette, Monhoudou, Neufchatel-en-Saosnois, Panon, Pizieux, Rene, Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois, Saint-Longis, Saint-Remy-du-Val, Thoigne, Thoire-sous-Contensor, Vezot and Villaines-la-Carelle.
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 Saosnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saosnes