Ponts travel guide
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Visit Ponts: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ponts is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 50 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Ponts is 271 km from Paris and 339 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mont-Saint-Michel at 14 km from Ponts
Popular places to visit near Ponts: these include Mont-Saint-Michel at 14 km and Granville at 24 km.
Mont-Saint-Michel is a listed 'heritage site' at 14km and Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Ponts, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ponts
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ponts.
Note that all distances from Ponts shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ponts holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ponts (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 Manche 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 Ponts and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (29km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (32km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (33km) : Argences (35km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (14km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (39km) : Fougeres (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (24km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Ponts & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ponts
Canton: Avranches
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50300
Distance to Ponts
from Saint-Lo: 50 km
from Paris: 271 km
from Calais: 339 km
from Nice: 865 km
from Bordeaux: 434 km
from Strasbourg: 668 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ponts): Avranches, Chavoy, La Godefroy, Le Luot, Le Val-Saint-Pere, Lolif, Marcey-les-Greves, Montviron, Plomb, Saint-Brice, Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize, Saint-Loup, Saint-Martin-Des-Champs, Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches, Subligny, Tirepied and Vains.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Ponts from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ponts