Saint-Maurice-du-Desert travel guide

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Visit Saint-Maurice-du-Desert: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Maurice-du-Desert is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 40 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maurice-du-Desert is 203 km from Paris and 306 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 7 km from Saint-Maurice-du-Desert

Popular places to visit near Saint-Maurice-du-Desert: these include Bagnoles de l'Orne at 7 km and Domfront at 19 km.

Normandie-Maine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 18km and Carrouges Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 18km. 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 Saint-Maurice-du-Desert, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Maurice-du-Desert

photo of Falaise
Falaise 34km
photo of Mayenne
Mayenne 37km
photo of Alencon
Alencon 41km
photo of Vire
Vire 45km

See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Maurice-du-Desert.

Note that all distances from Saint-Maurice-du-Desert shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Maurice-du-Desert holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Maurice-du-Desert (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 Saint-Maurice-du-Desert and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (30km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (48km) :
  2. National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (18km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (36km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (27km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (29km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (37km) : Jublains (40km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (19km) : Argentan (31km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Maurice-du-Desert & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Maurice-du-Désert

Canton: Ferté-Macé

Arrondissement: Alençon

Department: Orne

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 61600

Distance to Saint-Maurice-du-Desert

from Alencon: 40 km

from Paris: 203 km

from Calais: 306 km

from Nice: 803 km

from Bordeaux: 420 km

from Strasbourg: 598 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Maurice-du-Desert): Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, Beauvain, La Coulonche, La Ferte-Mace, La Sauvagere, Le Grais, Lonlay-le-Tesson, Magny-le-Desert and Saint-Michel-Des-Andaines.

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 Saint-Maurice-du-Desert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maurice-du-Desert