St Malo to Le Mans - avoiding motorways

[Dickie Dastardly]

Having just seen an interesting thread on a Caen to LM route, can anyone recommend a nice route from St Malo > Le Mans, where possible staying off the motorways?

Cheers

[foccer]

St Malo to Fougeres to Mayenne to Alencon to Sille-de-Guillaume to Le Mans has some nice roads

[VladD]

We're going down to Le Mans from St. Malo too, so will keep an eye on this thread.

[VladD]

foccer said:

St Malo to Fougeres to Mayenne to Alencon to Sille-de-Guillaume to Le Mans has some nice roads

Hi Foccer, is there a reason you have Alencon in there? I've plugged the other locations into Google Maps and it gives a pretty straight line, but adding Alencon adds another 62 km and 55 minutes to the route. Are there any specific POIs that make the diversion worth while? Cheers.

[foccer]

Check out the Alpes mancelles are - some lovely roads especially if you are on a bike

[VladD]

foccer said:

Check out the Alpes mancelles are - some lovely roads especially if you are on a bike

Thanks.

[Dickie Dastardly]

foccer said:

St Malo to Fougeres to Mayenne to Alencon to Sille-de-Guillaume to Le Mans has some nice roads

Good man Foccer, thanks. That is a very impressive castle in the centre of Fougeres.

[LM240]

Always enjoy the D794 coming off the N137 and heading to Vitre, in either direction. Nice flow to it.

I then track a bit further down (heading towards La Flèche) using a variety of D roads. Nothing particularly special, but nicer seeing more of France and passing through villages.

Just blasting along the motorways is boring. Though sometimes we do follow the motorway back until Vitre (and exit for the 794) just to get back a bit quicker and path of least resistance whilst knackered. The exit at Vitre is usually because I’m fed up sat on the motorway.

That Alpes Marcelles is a new one on me. I’d tried to get my dad to stay up around there on the Thursday this year. Would have been nice to check it out.