Challes travel guide
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Visit Challes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Challes is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 17 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Challes is 176 km from Paris and 351 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 18 km from Challes
Popular places to visit near Challes: these include Le Mans at 18 km and Chateau du Lude at 37 km. Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Challes, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Challes and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Challes
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (18km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (26km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (28km) : Jardins du Mirail (35km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (37km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (41km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (14km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (19km) : Cogners (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (18km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Challes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Challes
Canton: Mans-Est-Campagne
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72250
Distance to Challes
from Le Mans: 17 km
from Paris: 176 km
from Calais: 351 km
from Nice: 709 km
from Bordeaux: 352 km
from Strasbourg: 548 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Challes (within 6 km): Brette-les-Pins : Parigne-l'Eveque : Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay : Surfonds : Volnay :
Challes holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Challes