Carrouges travel guide

Carrouges photo, taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne France

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Visit Carrouges: Highlights and Tourist Information

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).

Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 21 km from Carrouges

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 1km and Normandie-Maine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 10km. 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 Carrouges, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carrouges

photo of Alencon
Alencon 23km
photo of Falaise
Falaise 36km
photo of Mayenne
Mayenne 45km
photo of Evron
Evron 49km

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 hotels in and near to Carrouges (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 Carrouges and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (16km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (47km) :
  2. National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (1km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (22km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Loup-du-Gast (38km) : Saint-Fraimbault (42km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Jublains (43km) : Mayenne (45km) : Evron (49km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (22km) : Domfront (37km) :

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: 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!

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 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