Somloire travel guide
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Visit Somloire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Somloire is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 47 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Somloire is 300 km from Paris and 471 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubigne-sur-Layon at 23 km from Somloire
Popular places to visit near Somloire: these include Aubigne-sur-Layon at 23 km and Thouars at 31 km.
Parc oriental de Maulévrier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Cholet is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Somloire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Somloire
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Somloire.
Note that all distances from Somloire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Somloire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Somloire (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 Maine-et-Loire 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 Somloire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (10km) : Jardins du Pin (46km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (42km) : Chateau d'Angers (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (40km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (43km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cholet (21km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (23km) : Thouars (31km) : Angers (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Somloire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Somloire
Canton: Vihiers
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49360
Distance to Somloire
from Angers: 47 km
from Paris: 300 km
from Calais: 471 km
from Nice: 718 km
from Bordeaux: 244 km
from Strasbourg: 647 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Somloire): La Plaine and Saint-Paul-du-Bois.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Somloire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Somloire