Saint-Lo travel guide
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Visit Saint-Lo: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Lo is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Manche department. (General information: Saint-Lo is 253 km from Paris and 293 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coutances at 29 km from Saint-Lo
Popular places to visit near Saint-Lo: these include Coutances at 29 km and Normandy landing beaches at 32 km.
Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Lo: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Lo, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Lo
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Lo.
Note that all distances from Saint-Lo shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Lo holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Lo (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 Saint-Lo and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (24km) : Argences (27km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (15km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (33km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (40km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Lo & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Lô
Canton: Saint-Lô
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50000
Distance to Saint-Lo
from Saint-Lo: 0 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 293 km
from Nice: 878 km
from Bordeaux: 477 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Lo): Agneaux, Baudre, Gourfaleur, Hebecrevon, La Barre-de-Semilly, La Luzerne, La Mancelliere-sur-Vire, Le Mesnil-Rouxelin, Pont-Hebert, Rampan, Saint-Andre-de-l'Epine, Saint-Ebremond-de-Bonfosse, Saint-Georges-Montcocq and Villiers-Fossard.
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 Saint-Lo from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Lo