Sai tourism and travel guide

Visit Sai: highlights and tourist information

Sai is situated in the Orne 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 Sai in Normandy.

Popular places to visit nearby include Argentan at 3 km and Haras du Pin at 9 km.

Sai, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Argentan

Argentan

at 3 km (direction west)

Despite extensive war time damage Argentan has retained several sites of interest...

See Argentan guide
Haras du Pin

Haras du Pin

at 9 km (direction east)

The Haras du Pin is the oldest of the national horse training centres in...

See Haras du Pin guide
Sees

Sees

at 19 km (direction south-east)

The cathedral is the famous attraction at Sees, but there are other sites of...

See Sees guide
Falaise

Falaise

at 23 km (direction north-west), in the Calvados department

Best known for its castle, Falaise also has several other interesting monuments in the...

See Falaise guide
 
 
Alencon

Alencon

at 35 km (direction south-south-east)

There are several sites of historical interest in Alencon, best known as a centre...

See Alencon guide
Bagnoles de l'Orne

Bagnoles de l'Orne

at 39 km (direction west-south-west)

The town of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne is very pleasant, and well known as a spa town...

See Bagnoles de l'Orne guide
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei

Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei

Most Beautiful Village at 41 km (direction south-south-west)

Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a very pretty village in the Regional Natural Park of Normandie-Marne....

See Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei guide
Les Jardins de la Mansoniere

Les Jardins de la Mansoniere

Garden at 41 km (direction south-south-west)

Les Jardins de la Mansoniere is a lovely garden in the charming village of...

See Les Jardins de la Mansoniere guide
 
 
Cambremer

Cambremer

at 45 km (direction south-south-west), in the Calvados department

Cambremer is a very picturesque small village, ideally explored as part of the Normandy...

See Cambremer guide
Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge

Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge

Garden at 45 km (direction south-south-west), in the Calvados department

The gardens of the Pays d'Auge are a beautiful mature garden set around a...

See Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge guide
Mortagne-au-Perche

Mortagne-au-Perche

at 46 km (direction east-south-east)

There are several places of historic interest to discover here at Mortagne-au-Perche, within the...

See Mortagne-au-Perche guide
Lisieux Basilica

Lisieux Basilica

Church at 47 km (direction north-north-east), in the Calvados department

The basilica in Lisieux is a 20th century church built in tribute to Saint-Therese,...

See Lisieux Basilica guide
 
 
Lisieux

Lisieux

at 47 km (direction north-north-east), in the Calvados department

The painstaking rebuilding of Lisieux since the war has gone a long way to...

See Lisieux guide
Beuvron

Beuvron

Most Beautiful Village at 50 km (direction north-north-east), in the Calvados department

Part of the Normandy Cider Route, Beuvron has lots of half-timberd houses and is...

See Beuvron guide

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Markets in and near Sai

  • Argentan: market Tuesday & Friday (4km)
  • Trun: market Thursday (11km)
  • Sees: market Saturday (19km)
  • Falaise: market Saturday (24km)
  • Briouze: market Monday (29km)
  • Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market Monday (31km)
  • La Ferte-Mace: market Thursday (33km)
  • Alencon: market Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (35km)
  • Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market Wednesday (35km)
  • Mezidon-Canon: market Sunday (37km)

More information about Sai, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Sai, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

National Monuments

  • Carrouges Chateau (24km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

Regional Natural Parcs

  • Normandie-Maine (34km)

Remarkable gardens

  • Sassy (9km)
  • Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (28km)

Sites of natural beauty

  • Signal d'Écouves (22km)
  • Forêt d'Écouves (22km)
  • Rochers des Parcs (40km)
  • Forêt de Perseigne (41km)
  • Mont du Haut-Fourché (44km)

Towns of Art and history

  • Orbec (41km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

  • Saint-Loup-du-Gast (60km)
 
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Geography and distances

Sai is in the north of France at 35 kilometres from Alencon, the department capital (general information: Sai is 171 kilometres from Paris).

Geographical Information

Commune: Sai

Canton: Argentan-Est

Arrondissement: Argentan

Department: Orne

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 61200

Distance to Sai

from Alencon (prefecture): 35 km

from Paris: 171 km

from Calais: 278 km

from Nice: 790 km

from Bordeaux: 437 km

from Strasbourg: 567 km

Getting here

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

We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Argentan, Aubry-en-Exmes, Aunou-le-Faucon, Fleure, Juvigny-sur-Orne, Le Bourg-Saint-Leonard, Saint-Loyer-Des-Champs, Sarceaux, Sevigny, Silly-en-Gouffern and Urou-et-Crennes.

This page in French: Visiter Sai

 
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