La Guerche-de-Bretagne tourism and travel guide

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Visit La Guerche-de-Bretagne: highlights and tourist information

La Guerche-de-Bretagne 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 La Guerche-de-Bretagne in Brittany.

Popular places to visit nearby include Vitre at 20 km and Chateaugiron at 23 km.

La Guerche-de-Bretagne, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Vitre

at 20 km (direction )

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

See Vitre guide

Chateaugiron

at 23 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Chateaugiron guide

Laval

at 37 km (direction east-north-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-north-west)

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

See Rennes guide

Fougeres

at 46 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Fougeres guide

Langon

at 52 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Langon guide

Mayenne (town)

at 61 km (direction east-north-east), in the Mayenne department

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

See Mayenne (town) guide

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Map of places to visit near La Guerche-de-Bretagne

Markets in and near La Guerche-de-Bretagne

Market days in La Guerche-de-Bretagne: weekly market: Tuesday;

• La Guerche-de-Bretagne: market Tuesday (0km)
• Janze: market Wednesday (20km)
• Vitre: market Monday (20km)
• Renaze: market Friday (21km)
• Chateaubourg: market Friday (22km)
• Pouance: market Thursday (23km)
• Craon: market Monday (24km)
• Chateaugiron: market Thursday (24km)
• Port-Brillet: market Tuesday (27km)
• Cesson-Sevigne: market Saturday (34km)

More information about La Guerche-de-Bretagne, Brittany

Tourist attractions near La Guerche-de-Bretagne, France

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

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Vitre (20km)
• Chateau-Gontier (41km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardins du château de Craon (23km)
• Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (29km)
• Parc et jardin de Clivoy (41km)
• Jardins de la Pellerine (44km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Étang de la Valière (18km)
• Forêt du Pertre (19km)
• Étang de Paintourteau (21km)
• Étang de la Cantache (22km)
• Étang de Haute-Vilaine (25km)
• Forêt de Chevré (27km)
• Étang de Châtillon-en-Vendelais (33km)
• Complexe forestier Rennes-Liffré-Chèvre, étang et lande d'Ouée, forêt de Haute-Sève (37km)
• Forêt de Rennes (37km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle (40km)
• Source - Couesnon (43km)
• Étangs du canal d'Ille-et-Rance (54km)

Towns of Art and history

• Laval (37km)
• Rennes (39km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Grand-Fougeray (44km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Cesson-Sevigne (34km)
• Juvigne (35km)
• Chartres-de-Bretagne (37km)
• Le Rheu (46km)
• Coudray (47km)
• Chenille-Change (50km)

Geography and distances

La Guerche-de-Bretagne is in the north-west of France at 39 kilometres from Rennes, the department capital (general information: La Guerche-de-Bretagne is 283 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 La Guerche-de-Bretagne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Arbrissel, Availles-sur-Seiche, Brains-sur-les-Marches, Drouges, La Selle-Guerchaise, Mousse, Moutiers, Rannee and Visseiche.

This page in French: Visiter La Guerche-de-Bretagne