Vaas travel guide
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Visit Vaas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaas is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 36 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Vaas is 200 km from Paris and 382 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Lude at 12 km from Vaas
Popular places to visit near Vaas: these include Chateau du Lude at 12 km and Bauge at 34 km.
Parc et jardins du château du Lude is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Vaas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaas
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 Vaas.
Note that all distances from Vaas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaas (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 Vaas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château du Lude (12km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (18km) : Parc de Lathan (24km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (28km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (37km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (39km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (40km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (41km) : Jardins du Mirail (44km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cloisters of la Psalette (42km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (39km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (34km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (40km) : Coulaines (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (39km) : Tours (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaas
Canton: Mayet
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72500
Distance to Vaas
from Le Mans: 36 km
from Paris: 200 km
from Calais: 382 km
from Nice: 697 km
from Bordeaux: 322 km
from Strasbourg: 561 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vaas): Aubigne-Racan, La Bruere-sur-Loir, Lavernat, Montabon, Saint-Aubin-le-Depeint and Saint-Germain-d'Arce.
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 Vaas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaas