Ponce-sur-le-Loir tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Lavardin at 18 km from Ponce-sur-le-Loir
Visit Ponce-sur-le-Loir: highlights and tourist information
To Visit Attractions Book a visitPonce-sur-le-Loir is situated in the Sarthe 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 Ponce-sur-le-Loir in Pays de la Loire.
Popular places to visit nearby include Lavardin at 18 km and Vendome at 31 km.
Ponce-sur-le-Loir, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Lavardin
Most Beautiful Village at 18 km (direction east), in the Loir-et-Cher departmentWith a river and ancient bridge below and an ancient castle above...
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Vendome
at 31 km (direction east), in the Loir-et-Cher departmentNow listed as a 'town of art and history', Vendome retains many...
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Chateau du Lude
Castle at 39 km (direction west-south-west)The Chateau de Lude and its lovely gardens are the closest of...
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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters
Cathedral at 40 km (direction south), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentThe la Psalette cloister and the cathedral of Tours together make a...
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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours
Church at 41 km (direction south), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentThe basilica Saint-Martin is an imposing neo-byzantine church in the town of...
See Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours guide

Tours
at 41 km (direction south), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentTours is a large important town with numerous monuments, gardens and medieval...
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Le Mans
at 43 km (direction west-north-west)Le Mans is best known for its famous car race, but also...
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Chateau d'Amboise
Castle at 46 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentThe Chateau d'Amboise is a castle with impressive gardens and a lovely...
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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise
Castle at 46 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentThe Chateau de Clos-Lucé was home to Leonardo da Vinci and you...
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Amboise
at 47 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentAlthough it is the castle that attracts visitors to Amboise, you will...
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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard
Castle at 47 km (direction south-east), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentThe Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard in Amboise is the first Renaissance...
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Chateau de Villandry
Castle at 47 km (direction south-south-west), in the Indre-et-Loire departmentThe rooms at Chateau de Villandry can be explored, but it is...
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La Ferte-Bernard
at 48 km (direction south-south-west)The medieval character and picturesque setting make La Ferté-Bernard one of our...
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Chateau de Chaumont
Castle at 51 km (direction east-south-east), in the Loir-et-Cher departmentThe small village of Chaumont-sur-Loire is dominated by the Chateau de Chaumont,...
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Markets in and near Ponce-sur-le-Loir
- Besse-sur-Braye: market Saturday (11km)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market Saturday (16km)
- Neuvy-le-Roi: market Friday (18km)
- Le Grand-Luce: market Wednesday all day (18km)
- Savigny-sur-Braye: market Tuesday (18km)
- Chateau-du-Loir: market Saturday (19km)
- Saint-Calais: market Thursday all day & Sunday (20km)
- Saint-Paterne-Racan: market Thursday (21km)
- Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market Tuesday (25km)
- Chateau-Renault: market Tuesday & Saturday (27km)
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Tourist attractions near Ponce-sur-le-Loir, France
What to do at Ponce-sur-le-Loir? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ponce-sur-le-Loir.
Aquarium
- Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (46km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Lavardin (18km)
National Monuments
- Cloisters of la Psalette (41km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (40km)
- Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (44km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Poncé (1km)
- Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (22km)
- Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (32km)
- Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (38km)
- Parc et jardins du château du Lude (39km)
- Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (41km)
- Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (41km)
- Parc de Lathan (48km)
- Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (51km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cogners (12km)
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (40km)
- Coulaines (44km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Réserve de Beaumarchais (37km)
- Spaycific'Zoo (42km)
Geography and distances
Ponce-sur-le-Loir is in the north-west of France at 44 kilometres from Le Mans, the department capital (general information: Ponce-sur-le-Loir is 175 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Ponce-sur-le-Loir
Canton: Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays de la Loire
Postcode: 72340
Distance to Ponce-sur-le-Loir
from Le Mans (prefecture): 44 km
from Paris: 175 km
from Calais: 365 km
from Nice: 683 km
from Bordeaux: 338 km
from Strasbourg: 534 km
Getting here
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 Ponce-sur-le-Loir from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Couture-sur-Loir, La Chapelle-Gaugain, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Lavenay, Les Essarts, Montrouveau, Ruille-sur-Loir, Souge, Trehet and Villedieu-le-Chateau.
This page in French: Visiter Ponce-sur-le-Loir
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