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