La Baleine travel guide
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Visit La Baleine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Baleine is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 27 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: La Baleine is 268 km from Paris and 320 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coutances at 17 km from La Baleine
Popular places to visit near La Baleine: these include Coutances at 17 km and Granville at 22 km.
Argences is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Coutances is a listed 'town of art and history' 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 La Baleine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Baleine
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Baleine.
Note that all distances from La Baleine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Baleine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Baleine (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 La Baleine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Argences (13km) : Plantbessin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (35km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (22km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (35km) :
Map of places to visit near La Baleine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Baleine
Canton: Gavray
Arrondissement: Coutances
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50450
Distance to La Baleine
from Saint-Lo: 27 km
from Paris: 268 km
from Calais: 320 km
from Nice: 878 km
from Bordeaux: 458 km
from Strasbourg: 665 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Baleine): Gavray, Grimesnil, Guehebert, Hambye, La Bloutiere, Le Mesnil-Amand, Lengronne, Montaigu-les-Bois, Saint-Denis-le-Gast, Sourdeval-les-Bois and Ver.
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 La Baleine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Baleine