Grimesnil travel guide

Grimesnil photo, taken in Coutances France

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Visit Grimesnil: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Grimesnil is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 26 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Grimesnil is 271 km from Paris and 319 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Coutances at 13 km from Grimesnil

Popular places to visit near Grimesnil: these include Coutances at 13 km and Granville at 22 km.

Argences is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Coutances is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km. 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 Grimesnil, France

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

photo of Vire
Vire 36km
photo of Cancale
Cancale 46km

See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Grimesnil.

Note that all distances from Grimesnil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Grimesnil holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grimesnil (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 Grimesnil and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Argences (9km) : Plantbessin (49km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (37km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (41km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (24km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (37km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Coutances (13km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Granville (22km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (37km) :

Map of places to visit near Grimesnil & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Grimesnil

Canton: Gavray

Arrondissement: Coutances

Department: Manche

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 50450

Distance to Grimesnil

from Saint-Lo: 26 km

from Paris: 271 km

from Calais: 319 km

from Nice: 882 km

from Bordeaux: 461 km

from Strasbourg: 668 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grimesnil): Contrieres, Gavray, Guehebert, La Baleine, Le Mesnil-Aubert, Lengronne, Roncey, Saint-Denis-le-Gast, Saint-Denis-le-Vetu, Saint-Martin-de-Cenilly, Sourdeval-les-Bois and Trelly.

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 Grimesnil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Grimesnil