Carnet travel guide
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Visit Carnet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carnet is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 70 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Carnet is 275 km from Paris and 356 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mont-Saint-Michel at 18 km from Carnet
Popular places to visit near Carnet: these include Mont-Saint-Michel at 18 km and Fougeres at 21 km.
Parc du château de Bonnefontaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Carnet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carnet
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carnet.
Note that all distances from Carnet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carnet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carnet (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 Carnet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (11km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (13km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (15km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (31km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (42km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (46km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (48km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (22km) : Juvigne (39km) : Cesson-Sevigne (47km) : Saint-Fraimbault (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (18km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vitre (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Carnet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carnet
Canton: Saint-James
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50240
Distance to Carnet
from Saint-Lo: 70 km
from Paris: 275 km
from Calais: 356 km
from Nice: 852 km
from Bordeaux: 413 km
from Strasbourg: 670 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carnet): Argouges, Cogles, La Croix-Avranchin, Le Ferre, Macey, Montanel, Montjoie-Saint-Martin, Saint-James, Vergoncey, Vessey and Villiers-le-Pre.
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 Carnet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carnet