Passais travel guide
Visit Passais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 12 km from Passais
Location: Passais is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 63 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Passais is 231 km from Paris and 329 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Passais: these include Domfront at 12 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 25 km. Saint-Fraimbault is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 5 km and Domfront is a listed recommended detour at 12 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 Passais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Passais
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Passais.
Note that all distances from Passais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Passais 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 Passais
- Gorron: market every Wednesday (13km)
- Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet: market every Wednesday (25km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (25km)
- Mayenne: market every Saturday & Monday (26km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (26km)
- Louvigne-du-Desert: market every Friday (27km)
- Ernee: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (29km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (30km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (35km)
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 Passais and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Passais map below.
Recommended Detour Domfront (12km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins de la Pellerine (31km); Parc et jardin de Clivoy (34km); Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (38km)
Town Of Art And History Mayenne (25km); Jublains (35km); Fougeres (38km); Evron (48km)
Village D'etape Ducey (41km); Villedieu-les-Poeles (50km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (5km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (19km); Fougeres (37km); Juvigne (38km)
Map of places to visit near Passais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Passais
Canton: Passais
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61350
Distance to Passais
from Alencon (local prefecture): 63 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 329 km
from Nice: 817 km
from Bordeaux: 409 km
from Strasbourg: 626 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Passais): Mantilly, Saint-Aubin-Fosse-Louvain, Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul, Saint-Fraimbault, Saint-Mars-d'Egrenne, Saint-Simeon and Torchamp.
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 Passais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Passais