Ponce-sur-le-Loir tourism and travel guide
Visit Ponce-sur-le-Loir: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsPonce-sur-le-Loir is situated in the Sarthe department and Pays de la Loire region, 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).
Popular places to visit nearby include Lavardin at 18 km and Vendome at 31 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Ponce-sur-le-Loir, France: places to visit and attractions
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.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Sarthe
Map of places to visit near Ponce-sur-le-Loir
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)
More information about Ponce-sur-le-Loir, Pays de la Loire
Tourist attractions near Ponce-sur-le-Loir, France
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
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
Ponce-sur-le-Loir is in the north-west of France. 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
