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Visit Spay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Spay is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 8 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Spay is 193 km from Paris and 358 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 10 km from Spay
Popular places to visit near Spay: these include Le Mans at 10 km and Chateau du Lude at 31 km.
Jardin du château de Vilaines is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Spay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Spay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Spay
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 Spay.
Note that all distances from Spay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Spay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Spay (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 Spay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (8km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (13km) : Jardins du Mirail (16km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (22km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (31km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (10km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (13km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (12km) : Cogners (38km) : La Cropte (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (10km) : Sainte-Suzanne (42km) : Saulges (42km) : Evron (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Spay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Spay
Canton: Suze-sur-Sarthe
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72700
Distance to Spay
from Le Mans: 8 km
from Paris: 193 km
from Calais: 358 km
from Nice: 724 km
from Bordeaux: 348 km
from Strasbourg: 567 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Spay): Allonnes, Arnage, Etival-les-le-Mans, Fille, Guecelard, Laigne-en-Belin, Monce-en-Belin, Saint-Georges-du-Bois, Saint-Gervais-en-Belin and Voivres-les-le-Mans.
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 Spay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Spay