Brethel travel guide
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Visit Brethel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brethel is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 47 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Brethel is 133 km from Paris and 265 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mortagne-au-Perche at 22 km from Brethel
Popular places to visit near Brethel: these include Mortagne-au-Perche at 22 km and Belleme at 38 km.
Orbec is a listed 'town of art and history' at 35km and Jardin de la petite Rochelle is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 37km. 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 Brethel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brethel
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brethel.
Note that all distances from Brethel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brethel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brethel (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 Orne 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 Brethel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (37km) : Sassy (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (41km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Brethel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brethel
Canton: Moulins-la-Marche
Arrondissement: Mortagne-au-Perche
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61270
Distance to Brethel
from Alencon: 47 km
from Paris: 133 km
from Calais: 265 km
from Nice: 761 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 530 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brethel): Aube, Auguaise, Beaufai, Bonnefoi, Ecorcei, La Chapelle-Viel, Le Menil-Berard, Les Aspres, Rai and Saint-Pierre-Des-Loges.
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 Brethel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brethel