Bellou-en-Houlme travel guide
Visit Bellou-en-Houlme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 16 km from Bellou-en-Houlme
Location: Bellou-en-Houlme is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 49 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Bellou-en-Houlme is 205 km from Paris and 300 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Bellou-en-Houlme: these include Bagnoles de l'Orne at 16 km and Domfront at 19 km. Domfront is a listed recommended detour at 19 km and Carrouges Chateau is a listed national monument at 26 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 Bellou-en-Houlme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bellou-en-Houlme
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bellou-en-Houlme.
Note that all distances from Bellou-en-Houlme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bellou-en-Houlme 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 Bellou-en-Houlme
- Briouze: market every Monday (6km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (11km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (13km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (15km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (19km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (29km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (31km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (33km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (35km)
- Vire: market every Friday (36km)
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 Bellou-en-Houlme and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Bellou-en-Houlme map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (45km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (26km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (19km); Argentan (32km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (28km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (33km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (42km)
Village D'etape Torigni-sur-Vire (55km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (30km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (41km)
Map of places to visit near Bellou-en-Houlme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bellou-en-Houlme
Canton: Messei
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61220
Distance to Bellou-en-Houlme
from Alencon (local prefecture): 49 km
from Paris: 205 km
from Calais: 300 km
from Nice: 812 km
from Bordeaux: 429 km
from Strasbourg: 602 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bellou-en-Houlme): Briouze, Echalou, La Coulonche, La Ferriere-Aux-Etangs, Le Menil-de-Briouze, Saint-Andre-de-Messei, Sainte-Opportune 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 Bellou-en-Houlme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bellou-en-Houlme