Janze tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chateaugiron at 10 km from Janze

Visit Janze: highlights and tourist information

Janze 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 Janze in Brittany.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateaugiron at 10 km and Rennes at 22 km.

Janze, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateaugiron

at 10 km (direction )

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

See Chateaugiron guide

Rennes

at 22 km (direction north-west)

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

See Rennes guide

Vitre

at 28 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Vitre guide

Langon

at 37 km (direction west-south-west)

Langon is home to an ancient chapel with a Roman fresco...

See Langon guide

Fougeres

at 49 km (direction north-east)

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

See Fougeres guide

Becherel

at 50 km (direction north-west)

Becherel is a pretty town and a centre for books....

See Becherel guide

Redon

at 56 km (direction west-south-west)

Combining and active port with the cobbled streets of the old town,...

See Redon guide

Les Jardins des Renaudies

Garden at 68 km (direction north-east), in the Mayenne department

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

See Les Jardins des Renaudies guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Ille-et-Vilaine

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Map of places to visit near Janze

Markets in and near Janze

Market days in Janze: weekly market: Wednesday;

• Janze: market Wednesday (0km)
• Chateaugiron: market Thursday (10km)
• Chateaubourg: market Friday (18km)
• Bain-de-Bretagne: market Monday (19km)
• Cesson-Sevigne: market Saturday (19km)
• La Guerche-de-Bretagne: market Tuesday (20km)
• Bruz: market Friday (20km)
• Rennes: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (22km)
• Thorigne-Fouillard: market Sunday (23km)
• Betton: market Sunday (28km)

More information about Janze, Brittany

Tourist attractions near Janze, France

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

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Vitre (28km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (17km)
• Jardins de Broceliande (29km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Craon (42km)
• Parc du château de Caradeuc (50km)
• Jardins de la Pellerine (52km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de Chevré (22km)
• Étang de la Cantache (26km)
• Forêt de Rennes (26km)
• Complexe forestier Rennes-Liffré-Chèvre, étang et lande d'Ouée, forêt de Haute-Sève (28km)
• Étang de la Valière (29km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle (30km)
• Vallée du Canut (30km)
• Étang de Paintourteau (32km)
• Forêt du Pertre (34km)
• Étang de Haute-Vilaine (35km)
• Étang de Châtillon-en-Vendelais (38km)
• Étangs du canal d'Ille-et-Rance (44km)
• Source - Couesnon (51km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rennes (22km)
• Fougeres (49km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Grand-Fougeray (32km)
• Bedee (42km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Chartres-de-Bretagne (18km)
• Cesson-Sevigne (19km)
• Le Rheu (27km)
• Juvigne (45km)
• Saint-Juvat (60km)

Geography and distances

Janze is in the north-west of France at 22 kilometres from Rennes, the department capital (general information: Janze is 301 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 Janze from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amanlis, Brie, Esse, Le Theil-de-Bretagne and Pire-sur-Seiche.

This page in French: Visiter Janze