Fontenay travel guide
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Visit Fontenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay is 249 km from Paris and 331 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 26 km from Fontenay
Popular places to visit near Fontenay: these include Vire at 26 km and Domfront at 28 km.
Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 28km and Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 29km. 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 Fontenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay.
Note that all distances from Fontenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay (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 Fontenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (29km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (35km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (38km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (43km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (29km) : Fougeres (34km) : Domjean (40km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (42km) : Juvigne (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (28km) : Granville (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay
Canton: Mortain
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50140
Distance to Fontenay
from Saint-Lo: 54 km
from Paris: 249 km
from Calais: 331 km
from Nice: 841 km
from Bordeaux: 423 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay): Chasseguey, Chevreville, Juvigny-le-Tertre, La Bazoge, Lapenty, Le Mesnil-Rainfray, Le Mesnillard, Martigny, Milly, Notre-Dame-du-Touchet, Parigny, Romagny, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet and Villechien.
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 Fontenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay