Granville tourism and travel guide

Visit Granville: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Granville is best known for its long sandy beach, and the 19th century villas that follow the seafront

Granville is situated in the Manche department and Normandy region.

Tourist classifications for Granville include "recommended detour".

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Granville in Normandy.

Popular places to visit nearby include Coutances at 24 km and Cancale at 25 km.

Granville, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Mont-Saint-Michel

Heritage Site at 24 km (direction south-south-east)

No visit to Normandy would be complete without visiting the iconic Abbey...

See Mont-Saint-Michel guide

Coutances

at 24 km (direction north-north-east)

Coutances is well known for its impressive cathedral, built in the 113th...

See Coutances guide

Cancale

at 25 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Cancale is the perfect place to try the famous Brittany oysters, fresh...

See Cancale guide

Mont-Dol

at 32 km (direction south-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Mont Dol is a small village with a hill top on which...

See Mont-Dol guide

Dol-de-Bretagne

at 34 km (direction south-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The lovely old town in Dol-de-Bretagne ensure it remains one of the...

See Dol-de-Bretagne guide

Emerald Coast

at 37 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The Emerald Coast in northern Brittany is extremely popular with visitors and...

See Emerald Coast guide

Saint-Malo

at 37 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

We were pleased to discover that Saint-Malo, often considered a ferry port,...

See Saint-Malo guide

Dinard Pointe du Moulinet

at 40 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The Pointe du Moulinet in Dinard is visited for the imposing neo-gothic...

See Dinard Pointe du Moulinet guide

Dinard Pointe de la Malouine

at 40 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The Pointe de la Malouine in Dinard is a promontory west of...

See Dinard Pointe de la Malouine guide

Saint-Suliac

Most Beautiful Village at 41 km (direction south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Saint Suliac is a beautiful village on the estuary of the River...

See Saint-Suliac guide

Dinard

at 41 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Dinard, estblished as a fashionable resort in the 19th century, is still...

See Dinard guide

Lessay abbey

Abbey at 43 km (direction west-south-west)

The abbey church at Lessay is an important example of roman style...

See Lessay abbey guide

Saint-Lunaire

Seaside resort at 44 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Saint-Lunaire is a small resort, established west of Dinard in the 19th...

See Saint-Lunaire guide

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 46 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The resort of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer is an attractive destination with lovely views, several...

See Saint-Briac-sur-Mer guide

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

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Map of places to visit near Granville

Markets in and near Granville

Market days in Granville: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday all day;

• Granville: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (0km)
• Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: market Thursday (3km)
• Jullouville: market Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only (8km)
• Brehal: market Tuesday & Sunday (9km)
• Carolles: market Thursday (10km)
• La Haye-Pesnel: market Wednesday (15km)
• Gavray: market Saturday (19km)
• Agon-Coutainville: market Tuesday & Saturday (23km)
• Avranches: market Saturday (24km)
• Coutances: market Thursday & Saturday (26km)

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Tourist attractions near Granville, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (24km)

Heritage sites

• Mont-Saint-Michel (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (23km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Dinan (54km)

Remarkable gardens

• Argences (22km)
• Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (43km)
• Jardin du château de La Ballue (44km)
• Jardins de Montmarin (44km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Chausey (14km)
• Île des Landes (23km)
• Pointe du Grouin (23km)
• Île des Rimains (24km)
• Couesnon (25km)
• Embouchure - Couesnon (25km)
• Île du Guesclin (27km)
• Côte de Cancale à Paramé (28km)
• Île Besnard (31km)
• Havre de Rothéneuf (31km)
• Pointe de la Varde (34km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Sougeal (37km)
• Embouchure - Rance (39km)
• Cézembre (39km)
• Rance (fleuve) (39km)
• Forêt de Saint-Sever (40km)
• Îlots Notre-Dame et Chevret (41km)
• Estuaire de la Rance (41km)
• Roches de Ham (45km)
• Baie de Lancieux, baie de l'Arguenon, archipel de Saint-Malo et Dinard (48km)
• Îlot de la Colombière (51km)

Towns of Art and history

• Coutances (24km)
• Dinard (41km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Villedieu-les-Poeles (27km)
• Ducey (34km)
• Dol-de-Bretagne (34km)
• Torigni-sur-Vire (50km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Malo (38km)
• Domjean (44km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Champrepus (20km)

Geography and distances

Granville is in the north of France at 48 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Granville is 289 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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 Granville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anctoville-sur-Boscq, Breville-sur-Mer, Coudeville-sur-Mer, Donville-les-Bains, Longueville, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Saint-Planchers and Yquelon.

This page in French: Visiter Granville