Grand-Auverne tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Langon at 41 km from Grand-Auverne
Visit Grand-Auverne: highlights and tourist information
Grand-Auverne is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department and Pays de la Loire region.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Grand-Auverne in Pays de la Loire.
Popular places to visit nearby include Langon at 41 km and The Jardin Extraordinaire of Nantes at 45 km.
Grand-Auverne, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Langon
at 41 km (direction west-north-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentLangon is home to an ancient chapel with a Roman fresco...
See Langon guide
The Jardin Extraordinaire of Nantes
Garden at 45 km (direction south-south-west), in the Loire Atlantique departmentThe Jardin Extraordinaire de Nantes has been created in an old quarry and features...
See The Jardin Extraordinaire of Nantes guide
Nantes
at 45 km (direction south-south-west)One of the largest towns in France, Nantes has many monuments, museums and places...
See Nantes guide
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Map of places to visit near Grand-Auverne
Markets in and near Grand-Auverne
- Pouance: market Thursday (20km)
- Nort-sur-Erdre: market Friday (21km)
- Cande: market Monday (22km)
- Ancenis: market Thursday (27km)
- Renaze: market Friday (31km)
- Carquefou: market Thursday (35km)
- Blain: market Tuesday & Saturday (35km)
- Segre: market Wednesday & Saturday (36km)
- Bain-de-Bretagne: market Monday (39km)
- La Guerche-de-Bretagne: market Tuesday (40km)
More information about Grand-Auverne, Pays de la Loire
Tourist attractions near Grand-Auverne, France
What to do at Grand-Auverne? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Grand-Auverne.
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du Pin (40km)
- Parc et jardins du château de Craon (41km)
- Jardin des plantes (44km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Nantes (48km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Île Héron (France) (43km)
- Petite Amazonie de Nantes (44km)
- Vallée du Canut (60km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Grand-Fougeray (33km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Carquefou (35km)
Geography and distances
Grand-Auverne is in the north-west of France at 45 kilometres from Nantes, the department capital (general information: Grand-Auverne is 307 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Grand-Auverne
Canton: Moisdon-la-Rivière
Arrondissement: Châteaubriant
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays de la Loire
Postcode: 44520
Distance to Grand-Auverne
from Nantes (prefecture): 45 km
from Paris: 307 km
from Calais: 439 km
from Nice: 795 km
from Bordeaux: 312 km
from Strasbourg: 683 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car via one of the ferry ports such as Saint-Malo or Cherbourg. Allow around 3 hours for the trip in France. For driving distances to Grand-Auverne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 3 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne, Moisdon-la-Riviere and Petit-Auverne.
This page in French: Visiter Grand-Auverne