Volnay travel guide
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Visit Volnay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Volnay is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 21 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Volnay is 173 km from Paris and 350 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 22 km from Volnay
Popular places to visit near Volnay: these include Le Mans at 22 km and Lavardin at 38 km.
Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Volnay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Volnay
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 Volnay.
Note that all distances from Volnay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Volnay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Volnay (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 Volnay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (21km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (23km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (32km) : Jardins du Mirail (39km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (39km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (42km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (16km) : Coulaines (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (22km) : Vendome (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Volnay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Volnay
Canton: Bouloire
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72440
Distance to Volnay
from Le Mans: 21 km
from Paris: 173 km
from Calais: 350 km
from Nice: 706 km
from Bordeaux: 353 km
from Strasbourg: 543 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Volnay): Challes, Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay and Surfonds.
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 Volnay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Volnay