The Sarthe and Mans are a very pleasant tourist destination because there is much to see and make but without the crowd of the tourists of the great traditional sites.

 

Le Mans has the most beautiful Gallo-Roman enclosure of France. The medieval closed city contains many houses and private mansions of XVIe at the XVIIIe century. The cathedral, Romance and Gothic, is also one of most beautiful of France with exceptional stained glasses.

The in love ones with car will go to famous the 24 Hour old circuit and will visit it  Museum of the Car impossible to circumvent.
Chanteloup is in limit of the Pole Resident of Sarthe, recognized Regional Tourist Pôle and which profits from the label "Country of art and history": leave to discovered the strengthened churches and, at 30 minutes, discover the Ferté-Bernard called "Venice of the West" or Montmirail classified as "small city of character".
 

The close area holds much others for you of surprised with small villages to be visited, such as Asnières-on-Vègre, other small cities of character like Large Lucé or sumptuous castles like Lude, one of the Loire castle..

The Loire château are rather close besides and you can easily make the outward journey and return in the course of the day.

Even Paris is only at two hours of road !