Caen travel guide
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Visit Caen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Caen is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Calvados department. (General information: Caen is 201 km from Paris and 252 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Caen (page also includes a photo gallery for Caen)
Popular places to visit near Caen: these include Caen at 1 km and Creully at 18 km. Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Caen: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Caen, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Caen and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Caen
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (19km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (29km) : Plantbessin (32km) : Boutemont (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (19km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (19km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (19km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (27km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (21km) : Touques (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Caen & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Caen
Canton: Caen
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14000
Distance to Caen
from Caen: 0 km
from Paris: 201 km
from Calais: 252 km
from Nice: 843 km
from Bordeaux: 483 km
from Strasbourg: 596 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Caen (within 6 km): Authie : Blainville-sur-Orne : Bretteville-sur-Odon : Cambes-en-Plaine : Colombelles : Cormelles-le-Royal : Epron : Eterville : Fleury-sur-Orne : Giberville : Grentheville : Herouville-Saint-Clair : Hubert-Folie : Ifs : Louvigny : Maltot : Mondeville : Saint-Contest : Soliers :
Caen holidays and travel
Hotels: book now, pay at the hotel, 'best price promise': Caen Hotels
Family fun: Holiday villages in Normandy
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Holiday rentals: Calvados gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Caen