Messei travel guide

Messei photo, taken in Domfront France

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Visit Messei: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Messei is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 56 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Messei is 212 km from Paris and 302 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 16 km from Messei

Popular places to visit near Messei: these include Domfront at 16 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 20 km.

Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km and Saint-Fraimbault is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 28km. 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 Messei, France

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

photo of Vire
Vire 29km
photo of Falaise
Falaise 32km
photo of Mayenne
Mayenne 45km

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

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

Messei holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (41km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (45km) :
  2. National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (33km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (28km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (37km) : Domjean (47km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (45km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (16km) : Argentan (38km) :

Map of places to visit near Messei & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Messei

Canton: Messei

Arrondissement: Argentan

Department: Orne

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 61440

Distance to Messei

from Alencon: 56 km

from Paris: 212 km

from Calais: 302 km

from Nice: 819 km

from Bordeaux: 431 km

from Strasbourg: 609 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 Messei): Banvou, Echalou, Flers, La Chapelle-Au-Moine, La Ferriere-Aux-Etangs, La Lande-Patry, La Selle-la-Forge, Landigou, Le Chatellier, Saint-Andre-de-Messei and Saires-la-Verrerie.

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

This page in French: Visitez Messei