Chambois tourism and travel guide

Visit Chambois: highlights and tourist information

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Chambois is situated in the Orne department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 42 kilometres from Alencon, the department capital (general information: Chambois is 164 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Haras du Pin at 8 km and Argentan at 11 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

You can also Book Argentan hotels

Chambois, 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 Chambois in Normandy.

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Orne

Map of places to visit near Chambois

Markets in and near Chambois

• Trun: market Thursday (7km)
• Argentan: market Tuesday & Friday (12km)
• Sees: market Saturday (23km)
• Falaise: market Saturday (25km)
• Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market Monday (26km)
• Montreuil-l'Argille: market Tuesday (31km)
• Orbec: market Wednesday (32km)
• Mezidon-Canon: market Sunday (33km)
• Briouze: market Monday (37km)
• Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market Wednesday (37km)

More information about Chambois, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Chambois, France

What to do at Chambois? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chambois.

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Beuvron (44km)

National Monuments

• Carrouges Chateau (33km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Argentan (11km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Normandie-Maine (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (54km)

Remarkable gardens

• Sassy (17km)
• Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (25km)
• Boutemont (43km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Signal d'Écouves (29km)
• Forêt d'Écouves (29km)
• Rochers des Parcs (44km)
• Forêt de Perseigne (45km)
• Prairie (Caen) (54km)
• Jardin des plantes de Caen (55km)

Towns of Art and history

• Orbec (32km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Tourouvre (46km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lisieux (45km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Chambois is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ferry ports with Caen being especially close, typically within an hours drive. For driving distances to Chambois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aubry-en-Exmes, Coudehard, Exmes, Fel, Le Bourg-Saint-Leonard, Mont-Ormel, Neauphe-sur-Dive, Ommeel, Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, Saint-Pierre-la-Riviere, Silly-en-Gouffern, Tournai-sur-Dive, Trun and Villebadin.

This page in French: Visiter Chambois