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 Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 8 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois is 176 km from Paris and 303 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 9 km from Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois
Popular places to visit near Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois: these include Alencon at 9 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 13 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Carrouges Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 15km. 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-Nicolas-Des-Bois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois
See France This Way travel guides for Orne 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 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-Nicolas-Des-Bois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (19km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (15km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (13km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Loup-du-Gast (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Jublains (46km) : Evron (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois
Canton: Alençon 1er Canton
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61250
Distance to Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois
from Alencon: 8 km
from Paris: 176 km
from Calais: 303 km
from Nice: 772 km
from Bordeaux: 409 km
from Strasbourg: 569 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois): Colombiers, Cuissai, Damigny, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Roche-Mabile, Livaie, Lonrai, Pace, Ravigny, Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon and Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves.
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-Nicolas-Des-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois