Vains travel guide
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Visit Vains: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vains is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Vains is 276 km from Paris and 344 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mont-Saint-Michel at 9 km from Vains
Popular places to visit near Vains: these include Mont-Saint-Michel at 9 km and Granville at 22 km.
Baie du Mont Saint-Michel is a listed 'grand site of france' at 9km and Mont-Saint-Michel is a listed 'heritage site' at 9km. 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 Vains, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vains
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vains.
Note that all distances from Vains shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vains holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vains (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 Vains and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (25km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (28km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (32km) : Argences (37km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (48km) : Jardins de Montmarin (49km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (9km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (41km) : Domjean (44km) : Saint-Malo (45km) : Dinard (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (9km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Vains & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vains
Canton: Avranches
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50300
Distance to Vains
from Saint-Lo: 54 km
from Paris: 276 km
from Calais: 344 km
from Nice: 867 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 673 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 Vains): Avranches, Bacilly, Ceaux, Champcey, Chavoy, Courtils, Genets, Le Val-Saint-Pere, Lolif, Marcey-les-Greves, Pontaubault, Ponts, Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize, Saint-Martin-Des-Champs and Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches.
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 Vains from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vains