Huisnes-sur-Mer tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Mont-Saint-Michel at 5 km from Huisnes-sur-Mer

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Visit Huisnes-sur-Mer: highlights and tourist information

Huisnes-sur-Mer is situated in the Manche department and Normandy region.

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

Popular places to visit nearby include Mont-Saint-Michel at 5 km and Saint-Brice-en-Cogles at 23 km.

Huisnes-sur-Mer, 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 5 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Saint-Brice-en-Cogles

at 23 km (direction south-south-east), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Most visitors to Saint-Brice-en-Cogles also enjoy the tour of the local castles and manor...

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Dol-de-Bretagne

at 23 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

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Mont-Dol

at 23 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

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Granville

Seaside resort at 28 km (direction north-north-west)

Granville is best known for its long sandy beach, and the 19th century villas...

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Cancale

at 29 km (direction west-north-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

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Combourg

at 31 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Combourg is best known for the Chateau de Combourg, once home to Chateaubriand, the...

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Fougeres

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

The castle and historic lower town are the main attraction, but be sure to...

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Saint-Suliac

Most Beautiful Village at 38 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

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Emerald Coast

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

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

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Saint-Malo

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

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

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Dinard Pointe du Moulinet

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

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

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Dinard Pointe de la Malouine

at 45 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

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Dinard

at 45 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

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Reserve excursions near Huisnes-sur-Mer

Map of places to visit near Huisnes-sur-Mer

Markets in and near Huisnes-sur-Mer

• Pontorson: market Wednesday (7km)
• Avranches: market Saturday (11km)
• Ducey: market Tuesday (12km)
• Saint-James: market Monday (13km)
• Carolles: market Thursday (18km)
• Jullouville: market Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only (20km)
• La Haye-Pesnel: market Wednesday (21km)
• Dol-de-Bretagne: market Saturday (23km)
• Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: market Thursday (24km)
• Brecey: market Friday (25km)

More information about Huisnes-sur-Mer, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Huisnes-sur-Mer, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (5km)

Heritage sites

• Mont-Saint-Michel (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (5km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Granville (28km)
• Dinan (47km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (17km)
• Jardin du château de La Ballue (19km)
• Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (26km)
• Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (41km)
• Jardins de la Pellerine (44km)
• Jardins de Montmarin (45km)
• Argences (45km)
• Parc du château de Caradeuc (50km)
• Parc et jardin de Clivoy (60km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Couesnon (5km)
• Embouchure - Couesnon (5km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Sougeal (12km)
• Île des Rimains (29km)
• Île des Landes (31km)
• Pointe du Grouin (31km)
• Forêt de Fougères (32km)
• Étangs du canal d'Ille-et-Rance (33km)
• Île du Guesclin (34km)
• Côte de Cancale à Paramé (34km)
• Chausey (37km)
• Havre de Rothéneuf (38km)
• Forêt de Saint-Sever (38km)
• Île Besnard (38km)
• Estuaire de la Rance (38km)
• Pointe de la Varde (40km)
• Îlots Notre-Dame et Chevret (41km)
• Rance (fleuve) (43km)
• Embouchure - Rance (44km)
• Source - Couesnon (44km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle (44km)
• Complexe forestier Rennes-Liffré-Chèvre, étang et lande d'Ouée, forêt de Haute-Sève (45km)
• Étang de Châtillon-en-Vendelais (46km)

Towns of Art and history

• Fougeres (34km)
• Dinard (45km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Ducey (12km)
• Dol-de-Bretagne (23km)
• Saint-Brice-en-Cogles (23km)
• Villedieu-les-Poeles (30km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Malo (42km)
• Saint-Juvat (52km)
• Juvigne (52km)
• Domjean (52km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Champrepus (27km)

Geography and distances

Huisnes-sur-Mer is in the north of France at 62 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Huisnes-sur-Mer is 280 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 Huisnes-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beauvoir, Ceaux, Courtils, Crollon, Le Val-Saint-Pere, Macey, Mont-Saint-Michel, Precey, Servon, Tanis and Vergoncey.

This page in French: Visiter Huisnes-sur-Mer