Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois travel guide
Visit Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 9 km from Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois
Location: Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 9 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).
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 13 km and Carrouges Chateau is a listed national monument at 15 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (8km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (17km)
- Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: market every Saturday (24km)
- Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market every Wednesday (25km)
- Villaines-la-Juhel: market every Monday (27km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (28km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (30km)
- Mamers: market every Monday (30km)
- Beaumont-sur-Sarthe: market every Tuesday (31km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (33km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Nicolas-Des-Bois map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (13km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (15km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (28km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (18km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (19km)
Town Of Art And History Jublains (46km); Evron (49km)
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 (local prefecture): 9 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!
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