Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois travel guide

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Visit Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 41 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois is 260 km from Paris and 327 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 24 km from Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois

Popular places to visit near Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois: these include Vire at 24 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 27 km.

Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km and Mont-Saint-Michel is a listed 'heritage site' at 27km. 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-Nicolas-Des-Bois, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois

photo of Vire
Vire 24km
photo of Cancale
Cancale 47km

See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois.

Note that all distances from Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois (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-Nicolas-Des-Bois and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Argences (33km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (38km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (39km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (43km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (27km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (28km) : Fougeres (46km) : Saint-Fraimbault (47km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (27km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Coutances (37km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Granville (31km) : Domfront (44km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (27km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois

Canton: Brécey

Arrondissement: Avranches

Department: Manche

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 50370

Distance to Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois

from Saint-Lo: 41 km

from Paris: 260 km

from Calais: 327 km

from Nice: 859 km

from Bordeaux: 438 km

from Strasbourg: 657 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois): Boisyvon, Braffais, Brecey, Cherence-le-Heron, La Gohanniere, La Trinite, Les Cresnays, Les Loges-sur-Brecey, Notre-Dame-de-Livoye, Rouffigny, Saint-Georges-de-Livoye, Saint-Laurent-de-Cuves, Saint-Martin-le-Bouillant, Tirepied and Vernix.

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-Nicolas-Des-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois