Brecey travel guide
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Visit Brecey: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brecey is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 44 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Brecey is 258 km from Paris and 329 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 24 km from Brecey
Popular places to visit near Brecey: these include Vire at 24 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 27 km.
Mont-Saint-Michel is a listed 'heritage site' at 27km and Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Brecey, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brecey
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brecey.
Note that all distances from Brecey shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brecey holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brecey (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 Brecey and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (35km) : Argences (37km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (37km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (42km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (31km) : Fougeres (42km) : Saint-Fraimbault (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (34km) : Domfront (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Brecey & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brécey
Canton: Brécey
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50370
Distance to Brecey
from Saint-Lo: 44 km
from Paris: 258 km
from Calais: 329 km
from Nice: 855 km
from Bordeaux: 435 km
from Strasbourg: 655 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brecey): Cuves, La Chapelle-Uree, Le Grand-Celland, Le Petit-Celland, Les Cresnays, Les Loges-sur-Brecey, Notre-Dame-de-Livoye, Saint-Georges-de-Livoye, Saint-Laurent-de-Cuves, Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois and Vernix.
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 Brecey from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brecey