Villaines-la-Carelle travel guide
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Visit Villaines-la-Carelle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villaines-la-Carelle is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 44 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Villaines-la-Carelle is 160 km from Paris and 307 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 16 km from Villaines-la-Carelle
Popular places to visit near Villaines-la-Carelle: these include Alencon at 16 km and Belleme at 19 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 26km and Jardin de la petite Rochelle is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 35km. 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 Villaines-la-Carelle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villaines-la-Carelle
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 Villaines-la-Carelle.
Note that all distances from Villaines-la-Carelle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villaines-la-Carelle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villaines-la-Carelle (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 Villaines-la-Carelle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (35km) : Sassy (39km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (40km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (39km) : Argentan (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Villaines-la-Carelle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villaines-la-Carelle
Canton: Mamers
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72600
Distance to Villaines-la-Carelle
from Le Mans: 44 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 307 km
from Nice: 747 km
from Bordeaux: 399 km
from Strasbourg: 549 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villaines-la-Carelle): Aillieres-Beauvoir, Contilly, Louzes, Mamers, Marollette, Neufchatel-en-Saosnois, Panon, Pizieux, Saint-Longis, Saint-Remy-du-Val, Saosnes and Vezot.
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 Villaines-la-Carelle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villaines-la-Carelle