Montsecret travel guide
Visit Montsecret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 16 km from Montsecret
Location: Montsecret is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 70 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Montsecret is 222 km from Paris and 300 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Montsecret: these include Vire at 16 km and Domfront at 23 km. Domfront is a listed recommended detour at 23 km and Parc zoologique de Jurques is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 23 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 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 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 Montsecret
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (10km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (11km)
- Vire: market every Friday (16km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (20km)
- Aunay-sur-Odon: market every Saturday (25km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (25km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (25km)
- Villers-Bocage: market every Wednesday (32km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (33km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (33km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Montsecret map below.
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (47km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (23km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (48km)
Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (32km); Torigni-sur-Vire (35km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Domjean (34km); Saint-Fraimbault (35km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (23km)
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 (local prefecture): 70 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!
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