Places to visit near MSM?

Hi

We are camping in MSM in July for five days. We will have a car and would like to know of any nice places to visit within an hour or so of MSM.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Enigma.

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Head over to Brittany and visit Dol de Bretagne, Fougères, Dinard and St-Malo,and Dinan.

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About 2 miles from MSM towards Pontorson there%26#39;s a windmill one can visit. You%26#39;ll see it on the hill to your left.

Or take the road around the bay to the left soon after leaving the causeway. You%26#39;ll have great views on the mount. You%26#39;ll pass near Huisne where there%26#39;s a german ossuary. It%26#39;s rather a macabre visit but there%26#39;s a panoramic point of view to wards the mount.

Further along is Bas Courtils where there%26#39;s the house of the marshes. An exhibition about the marshes. You can join a groupe to cross the bay on foot with a guide. Don%26#39;t try it on your own it can be dangerous.

That road leads to Pontaubault where%26#39;s Patton captured an important bridge intact. Then Avranches where the MSM manuscripts are on show.

A bit further is Villdieu les Poeles where you can visit a bell foundry.

From Pontorson S.E. you come to St James American cemetery

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Or you can follow the coast road round from Avranches up to Granville, birthplace of Christian Dior - you can visit his house where there is a collection of his dresses and perfume bottles. Also the old town of Granville is a nice place to walk around.

Cancale, on the coast west of MSM is a lovely little town with literally 100s of seafood restaurants and massive oyster beds, as well as an oyster museum.

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If you%26#39;ve got kids there%26#39;s also the zoo at Champrepus (near Villedieu des Poeles) and just at the end of the causeway to MSM is Alligator Bay.

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Thanks loads for all that.Is all very helpful. Will keep us busy on our stay!

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You already have a great bunch of options. I%26#39;d like to add St Malo. Yes I know it%26#39;s %26#39;reconstructed%26#39; but a great job has been done. Walking around the top of the walls is very enjoyable, and the forts that you see from there are still %26#39;the real thing%26#39;!! This is another thing that I suspect kids in particular would like.

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Yes St Malo is great, with a lovely beach and rock pools for the kids.

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St Malo definitely - and it has been very *carefully* reconstructed.

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