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Bayeux travel guide

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Visit Bayeux: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Bayeux is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 28 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Bayeux is 228 km from Paris and 260 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Bayeux (page also includes a photo gallery for Bayeux)

Popular places to visit near Bayeux: these include Bayeux at 1 km and Arromanches at 9 km. Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Bayeux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Bayeux has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

Selected places to visit and attractions near Bayeux, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Bayeux 1km

Arromanches 9km

Creully 12km

Normandy landing beaches 17km

Caen 27km

Cabourg 43km

Dives-sur-Mer 44km

Houlgate 46km

Things to see in Bayeux and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Bayeux

'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (11km) : Plantbessin (11km) :
Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (10km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (10km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (11km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (19km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (28km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (40km) : Cabourg (43km) :