Valennes travel guide
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Visit Valennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valennes is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 45 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Valennes is 148 km from Paris and 337 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavardin at 29 km from Valennes
Popular places to visit near Valennes: these include Lavardin at 29 km and Vendome at 30 km.
Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km and Vendome is a listed 'town of art and history' at 29km. 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 Valennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valennes
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 Valennes.
Note that all distances from Valennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valennes (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 Valennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (29km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (32km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (47km) : Le pré Catelan (47km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (40km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (18km) : Coulaines (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (29km) : Le Mans (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (36km) : Chateaudun (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Valennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valennes
Canton: Vibraye
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72320
Distance to Valennes
from Le Mans: 45 km
from Paris: 148 km
from Calais: 337 km
from Nice: 691 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 517 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valennes): Baillou, Berfay, Conflans-sur-Anille, Rahay and Souday.
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 Valennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valennes