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Vitre travel guide

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Visit Vitre: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Vitre is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 35 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Vitre is 275 km from Paris and 384 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Vitre (page also includes a photo gallery for Vitre)

Popular places to visit near Vitre: these include Fougeres at 25 km and Laval at 33 km. Juvigne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km and Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Vitre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Vitre has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

Selected places to visit and attractions near Vitre, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Fougeres 25km

Laval 33km

Rennes 35km

Mayenne 49km

Things to see in Vitre and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Vitre

'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (23km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (24km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (28km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (33km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (36km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (43km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (43km) : Jardins de Broceliande (49km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Juvigne (18km) : Fougeres (25km) : Cesson-Sevigne (29km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (38km) : Le Rheu (43km) :
Towns of Art and History: Laval (33km) : Rennes (35km) : Mayenne (49km) :