Tanques travel guide
Visit Tanques: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 8 km from Tanques
Location: Tanques is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 31 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Tanques is 179 km from Paris and 287 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Tanques: these include Argentan at 8 km and Sees at 20 km. Sassy is a listed remarkable garden at 6 km and Argentan is a listed recommended detour at 8 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 Tanques, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tanques
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tanques.
Note that all distances from Tanques shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tanques 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 Tanques
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (8km)
- Trun: market every Thursday (19km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (20km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (22km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (24km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (25km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (29km)
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (31km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (36km)
- Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market every Wednesday (37km)
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 Tanques and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Tanques map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (34km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (15km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (8km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (24km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (6km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (34km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (51km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Loup-du-Gast (50km)
Map of places to visit near Tanques & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tanques
Canton: Écouché
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61150
Distance to Tanques
from Alencon (local prefecture): 31 km
from Paris: 179 km
from Calais: 287 km
from Nice: 791 km
from Bordeaux: 430 km
from Strasbourg: 575 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tanques): Avoine, Bouce, Ecouche, Fleure, Fontenai-sur-Orne, Francheville, Goulet, Joue-du-Plain, Louce, Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet, Sarceaux, Serans, Sevrai, Vieux-Pont and Vrigny.
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 Tanques from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tanques