Near Bannes: Cave à Margot and other places to visit
Nothing to visit is mapped in Bannes, but 5 places are within 5 km of its centre. The commonest are 3 attractions, a château and a gallery. Drive 15 km to reach Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes.
The names to know near Bannes
Behind Cave à Margot on the list are 2 attractions, a château and a gallery.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where things are
Close by, the 5 mostly lie to the west.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Bannes; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
3 of the 5 are other sights, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Bannes. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The whole list for Bannes
You will find all 5 within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Bannes itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Further afield
Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes (15 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Places within 40 km of Bannes with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Bannes: the answers
Are there attractions near Bannes?
Nothing is mapped in Bannes itself, but within 5 km there are Cave à Margot, Château de Viré, Cave à Rochefort and Vallée des grottes de Saulges - Musée de préhistoire.
Are there museums in or near Bannes?
One, in town or within 5 km: Vallée des grottes de Saulges - Musée de préhistoire.
What well-known places are within a day out of Bannes?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes (15 km), Abbaye du Port-du-Salut (29 km), Thermes gallo-romains d'Entrammes (27 km), Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Laval (33 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Bannes, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.