La Ferte-Frenel travel guide
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Visit La Ferte-Frenel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Ferte-Frenel is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 55 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: La Ferte-Frenel is 135 km from Paris and 253 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mortagne-au-Perche at 36 km from La Ferte-Frenel
Popular places to visit near La Ferte-Frenel: these include Mortagne-au-Perche at 36 km and Argentan at 40 km.
Orbec is a listed 'town of art and history' at 21km and Argentan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 40km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Ferte-Frenel: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Ferte-Frenel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Ferte-Frenel
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Ferte-Frenel.
Note that all distances from La Ferte-Frenel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Ferte-Frenel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Ferte-Frenel (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 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 La Ferte-Frenel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum d'Harcourt (42km) : Sassy (42km) : Boutemont (43km) : Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (44km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (40km) :
Map of places to visit near La Ferte-Frenel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ferté-Frênel
Canton: Ferté-Frênel
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61550
Distance to La Ferte-Frenel
from Alencon: 55 km
from Paris: 135 km
from Calais: 253 km
from Nice: 772 km
from Bordeaux: 453 km
from Strasbourg: 532 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Ferte-Frenel): Anceins, Bocquence, Couvains, Gauville, La Gonfriere, Mesnil-Rousset, Notre-Dame-du-Hamel, Saint-Laurent-du-Tencement and Villers-en-Ouche.
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 La Ferte-Frenel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Ferte-Frenel