Hirel travel guide
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Visit Hirel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Hirel is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 56 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Hirel is 306 km from Paris and 370 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dol-de-Bretagne at 7 km from Hirel
Popular places to visit near Hirel: these include Dol-de-Bretagne at 7 km and Cancale at 8 km.
Pointe du Grouin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 12km and Saint-Malo is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. 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 Hirel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Hirel
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Hirel.
Note that all distances from Hirel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Hirel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Hirel (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Hirel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Montmarin (19km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (24km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (27km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (28km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (36km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Malo (17km) : Dinard (19km) : Saint-Juvat (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (22km) : Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Hirel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Hirel
Canton: Cancale
Arrondissement: Saint-Malo
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35120
Distance to Hirel
from Rennes: 56 km
from Paris: 306 km
from Calais: 370 km
from Nice: 885 km
from Bordeaux: 429 km
from Strasbourg: 702 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Hirel): La Fresnais, Le Vivier-sur-Mer, Lillemer, Mont-Dol and Saint-Guinoux.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Hirel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Hirel