Carrouges travel guide
Visit Carrouges: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 21 km from Carrouges
Location: Carrouges is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 23 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Carrouges is 186 km from Paris and 301 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Carrouges: these include Bagnoles de l'Orne at 21 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 22 km. Carrouges Chateau is a listed national monument at 1 km and Normandie-Maine is a listed regional natural parc at 10 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 Carrouges, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carrouges
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carrouges.
Note that all distances from Carrouges shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carrouges 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 Carrouges
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (16km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (20km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (22km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (22km)
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (23km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (24km)
- Villaines-la-Juhel: market every Monday (26km)
- Trun: market every Thursday (33km)
- Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: market every Saturday (34km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (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 Carrouges and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Carrouges map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (22km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (1km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (22km); Domfront (37km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (10km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (16km)
Town Of Art And History Jublains (43km); Mayenne (45km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Loup-du-Gast (38km)
Map of places to visit near Carrouges & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carrouges
Canton: Carrouges
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61320
Distance to Carrouges
from Alencon (local prefecture): 23 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 301 km
from Nice: 786 km
from Bordeaux: 416 km
from Strasbourg: 580 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carrouges): Chahains, Le Champ-de-la-Pierre, Le Menil-Scelleur, Lignieres-Orgeres, Longuenoe, Rouperroux, Saint-Ellier-les-Bois, Saint-Martin-Des-Landes, Saint-Martin-l'Aiguillon and Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges.
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 Carrouges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carrouges