Avranches travel guide
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Visit Avranches: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avranches is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 52 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Avranches is 272 km from Paris and 341 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mont-Saint-Michel at 12 km from Avranches
Popular places to visit near Avranches: these include Mont-Saint-Michel at 12 km and Granville at 24 km.
Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Baie du Mont Saint-Michel is a listed 'grand site of france' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Avranches: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avranches, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avranches
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avranches.
Note that all distances from Avranches shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avranches holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avranches (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Normandy and Manche gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Avranches and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (26km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (30km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (31km) : Argences (37km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (12km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (39km) : Domjean (41km) : Saint-Malo (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (24km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (12km) :
Map of places to visit near Avranches & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avranches
Canton: Avranches
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50300
Distance to Avranches
from Saint-Lo: 52 km
from Paris: 272 km
from Calais: 341 km
from Nice: 864 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 669 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avranches): Ceaux, Chavoy, La Godefroy, Le Val-Saint-Pere, Lolif, Marcey-les-Greves, Montviron, Plomb, Ponts, Saint-Brice, Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize, Saint-Loup, Saint-Martin-Des-Champs, Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme, Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches and Vains.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Avranches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avranches