Chatillon-en-Vendelais tourism and travel guide

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Visit Chatillon-en-Vendelais: highlights and tourist information

Chatillon-en-Vendelais is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department and Brittany region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Chatillon-en-Vendelais in Brittany.

Popular places to visit nearby include Vitre at 12 km and Fougeres at 14 km.

Chatillon-en-Vendelais, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Vitre

at 12 km (direction south-south-west)

A town not be missed, Vitré has a superb historic centre with numerous fascinating...

See Vitre guide

Fougeres

at 14 km (direction south-south-west)

The castle and historic lower town are the main attraction, but be sure to...

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Saint-Brice-en-Cogles

at 25 km (direction north-west)

Most visitors to Saint-Brice-en-Cogles also enjoy the tour of the local castles and manor...

See Saint-Brice-en-Cogles guide

Chateaugiron

at 31 km (direction west-south-west)

The castle and towers in the heart of old Chateaugiron help explain why it...

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Les Jardins des Renaudies

Garden at 31 km (direction east-north-east), in the Mayenne department

Les Jardins des Renaudies is a pretty garden in north-west France...

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Laval

at 35 km (direction east-south-east), in the Mayenne department

The castle, the river and the historic centre make the substantial town of Laval...

See Laval guide

Rennes

at 39 km (direction west-south-west)

An unmissable highlight in the region, Rennes has a very picturesque medieval centre...

See Rennes guide

Mayenne (town)

at 43 km (direction east), in the Mayenne department

Quite a small town, the highlight of a visit to Mayenne is the nearby...

See Mayenne (town) guide

Combourg

at 47 km (direction west-north-west)

Combourg is best known for the Chateau de Combourg, once home to Chateaubriand, the...

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Mont-Saint-Michel

Heritage Site at 52 km (direction north-west), in the Manche department

No visit to Normandy would be complete without visiting the iconic Abbey and island...

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Dol-de-Bretagne

at 56 km (direction west-north-west)

The lovely old town in Dol-de-Bretagne ensure it remains one of the most popular...

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Domfront

at 57 km (direction north-east), in the Orne department

The castle forms an excellent backdrop to the cobbled streets in the old town...

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Mont-Dol

at 58 km (direction west-north-west)

Mont Dol is a small village with a hill top on which stands a...

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Map of places to visit near Chatillon-en-Vendelais

Markets in and near Chatillon-en-Vendelais

• Vitre: market Monday (12km)
• Fougeres: market Saturday (14km)
• Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier: market Thursday (17km)
• Port-Brillet: market Tuesday (20km)
• Ernee: market Tuesday (20km)
• Chateaubourg: market Friday (21km)
• Liffre: market Friday (24km)
• Louvigne-du-Desert: market Friday (29km)
• Andouille: market Thursday (30km)
• Thorigne-Fouillard: market Sunday (31km)

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Tourist attractions near Chatillon-en-Vendelais, France

What to do at Chatillon-en-Vendelais? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chatillon-en-Vendelais.

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Vitre (12km)
• Chateau-Gontier (57km)
• Domfront (57km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins de la Pellerine (14km)
• Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (22km)
• Parc et jardin de Clivoy (23km)
• Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (28km)
• Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (35km)
• Jardin du château de La Ballue (36km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Craon (45km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Étang de Châtillon-en-Vendelais (1km)
• Étang de Haute-Vilaine (10km)
• Étang de la Cantache (12km)
• Étang de Paintourteau (12km)
• Source - Couesnon (13km)
• Étang de la Valière (15km)
• Forêt de Fougères (19km)
• Forêt du Pertre (19km)
• Forêt de Chevré (19km)
• Complexe forestier Rennes-Liffré-Chèvre, étang et lande d'Ouée, forêt de Haute-Sève (26km)
• Forêt de Rennes (29km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle (29km)
• Étangs du canal d'Ille-et-Rance (37km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Sougeal (40km)
• Couesnon (50km)
• Embouchure - Couesnon (50km)

Towns of Art and history

• Fougeres (14km)
• Laval (35km)
• Rennes (39km)
• Mayenne (43km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Saint-Brice-en-Cogles (25km)
• Ducey (44km)
• Dol-de-Bretagne (56km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Juvigne (11km)
• Cesson-Sevigne (34km)
• Chartres-de-Bretagne (44km)
• Saint-Fraimbault (46km)
• Saint-Loup-du-Gast (47km)

Geography and distances

Chatillon-en-Vendelais is in the north-west of France at 39 kilometres from Rennes, the department capital (general information: Chatillon-en-Vendelais is 269 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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 Chatillon-en-Vendelais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Combourtille, Dompierre-du-Chemin, Montautour, Montreuil-Des-Landes, Parce, Saint-Christophe-Des-Bois, Saint-M-Herve and Taillis.

This page in French: Visiter Chatillon-en-Vendelais