Ancteville tourism and travel guide
Visit Ancteville: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsAncteville is situated in the Manche department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 28 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Ancteville is 281 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Coutances at 7 km and Lessay abbey at 14 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Ancteville, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Ancteville in Normandy.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Manche
Map of places to visit near Ancteville
Markets in and near Ancteville
- Coutances: market Thursday & Saturday (6km)
- Gouville-sur-Mer: market Monday - seasonal market only (8km)
- Gouville-sur-Mer: market Friday (8km)
- Periers: market Saturday (10km)
- Agon-Coutainville: market Tuesday & Saturday (11km)
- Marigny: market Wednesday (17km)
- La Haye-du-Puits: market Wednesday (21km)
- Brehal: market Tuesday & Sunday (23km)
- Gavray: market Saturday (24km)
- Carentan: market Monday all day (28km)
More information about Ancteville, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Ancteville, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Ancteville.
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Granville (31km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (26km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (41km)
Remarkable gardens
- Argences (11km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Roches de Ham (33km)
- Chausey (36km)
- Baie des Veys (39km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (44km)
- Forêt de Saint-Sever (45km)
- Île des Landes (51km)
- Pointe du Grouin (51km)
Towns of Art and history
- Coutances (7km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villedieu-les-Poeles (35km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (37km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Domjean (35km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Champrepus (32km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Ancteville
from Saint-Lo (prefecture): 28 km
from Paris: 281 km
from Calais: 314 km
from Nice: 899 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 677 km
Getting here
Ancteville 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 Ancteville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Boisroger, Brainville, Coutances, Geffosses, Gratot, La Ronde-Haye, La Vendelee, Monthuchon, Montsurvent, Muneville-le-Bingard, Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande, Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, Servigny and Vaudrimesnil.
This page in French: Visiter Ancteville
