Saint-Pair-sur-Mer tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Pair-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 Saint-Pair-sur-Mer in Normandy.

Popular places to visit nearby include Granville at 3 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 20 km.

Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Granville

Seaside resort at 3 km (direction north-west)

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

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Mont-Saint-Michel

Heritage Site at 20 km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Cancale

at 24 km (direction west-south-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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Coutances

at 26 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Mont-Dol

at 31 km (direction south-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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Dol-de-Bretagne

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

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

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 contains numerous...

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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, is also...

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Saint-Suliac

Most Beautiful Village at 40 km (direction west-south-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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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 villas and...

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Dinard Pointe de la Malouine

at 41 km (direction west-south-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 41 km (direction west-south-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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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 century...

See Saint-Lunaire guide

Lessay abbey

Abbey at 45 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Markets in and near Saint-Pair-sur-Mer

Market days in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: weekly market: Thursday;

• Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: market Thursday (0km)
• Granville: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (3km)
• Jullouville: market Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only (5km)
• Carolles: market Thursday (7km)
• Brehal: market Tuesday & Sunday (10km)
• La Haye-Pesnel: market Wednesday (13km)
• Gavray: market Saturday (19km)
• Avranches: market Saturday (21km)
• Villedieu-les-Poeles: market Tuesday (25km)
• Cancale: market Sunday (26km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (20km)

Heritage sites

• Mont-Saint-Michel (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Granville (3km)
• Dinan (53km)

Remarkable gardens

• Argences (24km)
• Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (40km)
• Jardin du château de La Ballue (41km)
• Jardins de Montmarin (44km)
• Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (50km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Chausey (16km)
• Couesnon (22km)
• Embouchure - Couesnon (22km)
• Île des Landes (23km)
• Pointe du Grouin (23km)
• Île des Rimains (24km)
• Île du Guesclin (27km)
• Côte de Cancale à Paramé (28km)
• Île Besnard (32km)
• Havre de Rothéneuf (32km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Sougeal (34km)
• Pointe de la Varde (34km)
• Forêt de Saint-Sever (39km)
• Embouchure - Rance (39km)
• Rance (fleuve) (40km)
• Cézembre (40km)
• Îlots Notre-Dame et Chevret (40km)
• Estuaire de la Rance (41km)
• Roches de Ham (45km)
• Baie de Lancieux, baie de l'Arguenon, archipel de Saint-Malo et Dinard (48km)

Towns of Art and history

• Coutances (26km)
• Dinard (41km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Villedieu-les-Poeles (25km)
• Ducey (30km)
• Dol-de-Bretagne (32km)
• Saint-Brice-en-Cogles (47km)
• Torigni-sur-Vire (49km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Malo (38km)
• Domjean (44km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Champrepus (18km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Pair-sur-Mer is in the north of France at 48 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Saint-Pair-sur-Mer is 287 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 Saint-Pair-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 ): Anctoville-sur-Boscq, Breville-sur-Mer, Donville-les-Bains, Granville, Hudimesnil, Jullouville, Longueville, Saint-Aubin-Des-Preaux, Saint-Pierre-Langers, Saint-Planchers and Yquelon.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Pair-sur-Mer