Banvou travel guide
Visit Banvou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 10 km from Banvou
Location: Banvou is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Banvou is 214 km from Paris and 308 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Banvou: these include Domfront at 10 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 16 km. Domfront is a listed recommended detour at 10 km and Saint-Fraimbault is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 22 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Banvou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Banvou
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Banvou.
Note that all distances from Banvou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Banvou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Orne gites and villas
Markets near Banvou
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (9km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (15km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (16km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (17km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (21km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (27km)
- Vire: market every Friday (31km)
- Gorron: market every Wednesday (34km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (36km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (37km)
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 Banvou and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Banvou map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (49km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (32km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (10km); Argentan (41km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (31km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (50km); Jardins de la Pellerine (53km)
Town Of Art And History Mayenne (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (22km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (31km); Domjean (50km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (40km)
Map of places to visit near Banvou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Banvou
Canton: Messei
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61450
Distance to Banvou
from Alencon (local prefecture): 54 km
from Paris: 214 km
from Calais: 308 km
from Nice: 816 km
from Bordeaux: 425 km
from Strasbourg: 610 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Banvou): Champsecret, Dompierre, La Chapelle-Au-Moine, La Chapelle-Biche, La Ferriere-Aux-Etangs, Le Chatellier, Messei, Saint-Andre-de-Messei, Saint-Bomer-les-Forges, Saint-Clair-de-Halouze and Saires-la-Verrerie.
Getting here
Orne is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-challen ferry ports with Caen being especially close, typically within an hours drive. For driving distances to Banvou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Banvou