Valanjou travel guide
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Visit Valanjou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valanjou is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 27 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Valanjou is 285 km from Paris and 452 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubigne-sur-Layon at 10 km from Valanjou
Popular places to visit near Valanjou: these include Aubigne-sur-Layon at 10 km and Chateau de Brissac at 19 km.
Aubigne-sur-Layon is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Parc oriental de Maulévrier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. 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 Valanjou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valanjou
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 Valanjou.
Note that all distances from Valanjou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valanjou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valanjou (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 Valanjou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (25km) : Jardins du Pin (30km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (29km) : Fontevraud Abbey (49km) : Oiron Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (30km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (30km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (10km) : Angers (27km) : Cholet (27km) : Thouars (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Valanjou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valanjou
Canton: Thouarcé
Arrondissement: Angers
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49670
Distance to Valanjou
from Angers: 27 km
from Paris: 285 km
from Calais: 452 km
from Nice: 726 km
from Bordeaux: 264 km
from Strasbourg: 640 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valanjou): Chanzeaux.
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 Valanjou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valanjou