Essay travel guide
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Visit Essay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Essay is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 17 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Essay is 158 km from Paris and 291 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 17 km from Essay
Popular places to visit near Essay: these include Alencon at 17 km and Mortagne-au-Perche at 22 km.
Sassy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Essay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Essay
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Essay.
Note that all distances from Essay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Essay holidays and travel
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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 Essay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (22km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (41km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (30km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Essay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Essay
Canton: Mêle-sur-Sarthe
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61500
Distance to Essay
from Alencon: 17 km
from Paris: 158 km
from Calais: 291 km
from Nice: 762 km
from Bordeaux: 417 km
from Strasbourg: 552 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Essay): Aunay-les-Bois, Boitron, Bursard, Le Chalange, Le Menil-Guyon, Les Ventes-de-Bourse, Marchemaisons, Menil-Erreux, Neauphe-sous-Essai and Neuilly-le-Bisson.
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 Essay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Essay