Echalou travel guide
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Visit Echalou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echalou is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Echalou is 209 km from Paris and 299 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 19 km from Echalou
Popular places to visit near Echalou: these include Domfront at 19 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 20 km.
Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Carrouges Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 31km. 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 Echalou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Echalou
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Echalou.
Note that all distances from Echalou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Echalou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Echalou (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 Echalou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (37km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (42km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (31km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (39km) : Domjean (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (19km) : Argentan (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Echalou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échalou
Canton: Messei
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61440
Distance to Echalou
from Alencon: 54 km
from Paris: 209 km
from Calais: 299 km
from Nice: 817 km
from Bordeaux: 433 km
from Strasbourg: 605 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 Echalou): Bellou-en-Houlme, Durcet, Flers, La Carneille, La Selle-la-Forge, Landigou, Messei, Saint-Andre-de-Messei, Sainte-Opportune and Saires-la-Verrerie.
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 Echalou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Echalou