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Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine tourism and travel guide

Visit Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine: highlights and tourist information

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Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department and Brittany region, in the north-west of France at 23 kilometres from Rennes, the department capital (general information: Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine is 286 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Vitre at 11 km and Chateaugiron at 13 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

You can also Book Vitre hotels

Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine, 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine in Brittany.

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

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

Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine

Markets in and near Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine

• Chateaubourg: market Friday (3km)
• Vitre: market Monday (11km)
• Chateaugiron: market Thursday (13km)
• Liffre: market Friday (15km)
• Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier: market Thursday (16km)
• Thorigne-Fouillard: market Sunday (17km)
• Cesson-Sevigne: market Saturday (18km)
• Janze: market Wednesday (20km)
• La Guerche-de-Bretagne: market Tuesday (22km)
• Betton: market Sunday (22km)

More information about Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine, Brittany

Tourist attractions near Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine, France

Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine.

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Vitre (11km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (12km)
• Jardins de la Pellerine (32km)
• Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (34km)
• Jardins de Broceliande (38km)
• Parc et jardin de Clivoy (38km)
• Jardin du château de La Ballue (39km)
• Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (39km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Craon (43km)
• Parc du château de Caradeuc (47km)
• Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (51km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de Chevré (5km)
• Étang de la Cantache (7km)
• Étang de la Valière (15km)
• Complexe forestier Rennes-Liffré-Chèvre, étang et lande d'Ouée, forêt de Haute-Sève (16km)
• Étang de Paintourteau (17km)
• Forêt de Rennes (17km)
• Étang de Châtillon-en-Vendelais (19km)
• Étang de Haute-Vilaine (19km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle (19km)
• Forêt du Pertre (22km)
• Source - Couesnon (31km)
• Étangs du canal d'Ille-et-Rance (33km)
• Forêt de Fougères (34km)
• Vallée du Canut (43km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Sougeal (45km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rennes (23km)
• Fougeres (29km)
• Laval (44km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Saint-Brice-en-Cogles (33km)
• Bedee (44km)
• Grand-Fougeray (52km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Cesson-Sevigne (18km)
• Chartres-de-Bretagne (27km)
• Juvigne (27km)
• Le Rheu (32km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Champeaux, Chateaubourg, Cornille, Domagne, Landavran, Marpire, Saint-Aubin-Des-Landes and Saint-Didier.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine