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Visit Montsecret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montsecret is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 69 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Montsecret is 222 km from Paris and 300 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 16 km from Montsecret
Popular places to visit near Montsecret: these include Vire at 16 km and Domfront at 23 km.
Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 23km and Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 34km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montsecret, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montsecret
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montsecret.
Note that all distances from Montsecret shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montsecret holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montsecret (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 Montsecret and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (46km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (48km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (48km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (34km) : Saint-Fraimbault (35km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (23km) : Argentan (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Montsecret & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montsecret
Canton: Tinchebray
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61800
Distance to Montsecret
from Alencon: 69 km
from Paris: 222 km
from Calais: 300 km
from Nice: 832 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 618 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montsecret): Bernieres-le-Patry, Caligny, Cerisy-Belle-Etoile, Clairefougere, Frenes, La Bazoque, La Lande-Patry, Landisacq, Moncy, Rully, Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont and Tinchebray.
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 Montsecret from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montsecret