Vitre travel guide
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Visit Vitre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vitre is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 35 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Vitre is 275 km from Paris and 384 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vitre (page also includes a photo gallery for Vitre)
Popular places to visit near Vitre: these include Fougeres at 25 km and Laval at 33 km.
Juvigne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km and Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vitre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Vitre has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vitre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vitre
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vitre.
Note that all distances from Vitre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vitre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vitre (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Vitre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (23km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (24km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (28km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (33km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (36km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (43km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (43km) : Jardins de Broceliande (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Juvigne (18km) : Fougeres (25km) : Cesson-Sevigne (29km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (38km) : Le Rheu (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laval (33km) : Rennes (35km) : Mayenne (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Vitre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vitré
Canton: Vitré
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35500
Distance to Vitre
from Rennes: 35 km
from Paris: 275 km
from Calais: 384 km
from Nice: 819 km
from Bordeaux: 369 km
from Strasbourg: 664 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vitre): Balaze, Landavran, Montreuil-sous-Perouse and Poce-les-Bois.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Vitre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vitre