Messei travel guide
Visit Messei: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 16 km from Messei
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).
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 16 km and Saint-Fraimbault is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 28 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Messei
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (4km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (13km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (15km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (19km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (20km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Vire: market every Friday (29km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (31km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (32km)
- Aunay-sur-Odon: market every Saturday (35km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (38km)
- Gorron: market every Wednesday (39km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire: market every Monday (48km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market every Monday (50km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market every Sunday (53km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Messei map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (51km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (33km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (16km); Argentan (38km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (34km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (45km)
Village D'etape Torigni-sur-Vire (48km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (28km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (37km); Domjean (47km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (36km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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