Le Tanu travel guide
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Visit Le Tanu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Tanu is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 38 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Le Tanu is 270 km from Paris and 330 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Granville at 19 km from Le Tanu
Popular places to visit near Le Tanu: these include Granville at 19 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 24 km.
Granville is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Argences is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Le Tanu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Tanu
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Tanu.
Note that all distances from Le Tanu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Tanu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Tanu (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 Le Tanu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Argences (22km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (41km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (44km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (24km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (30km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (19km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Tanu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tanu
Canton: Haye-Pesnel
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50320
Distance to Le Tanu
from Saint-Lo: 38 km
from Paris: 270 km
from Calais: 330 km
from Nice: 872 km
from Bordeaux: 446 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 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Tanu): Beauchamps, Bourguenolles, Champcervon, Champrepus, Equilly, Fleury, Folligny, Hocquigny, La Haye-Pesnel, La Lande-d'Airou, La Lucerne-d'Outremer, La Meurdraquiere, La Mouche, La Rochelle-Normande, Le Mesnil-Garnier, Le Mesnil-Rogues, Le Mesnil-Villeman and Les Chambres.
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 Le Tanu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Tanu