Lion-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Lion-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lion-sur-Mer is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 14 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Lion-sur-Mer is 201 km from Paris and 240 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 14 km from Lion-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Lion-sur-Mer: these include Caen at 14 km and Cabourg at 15 km. Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Cabourg is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Lion-sur-Mer, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Lion-sur-Mer and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Lion-sur-Mer
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (18km) : Plantbessin (36km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (39km) : Boutemont (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (13km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (20km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (20km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (28km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (15km) : Touques (31km) : Honfleur (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Lion-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lion-sur-Mer
Canton: Douvres-la-Délivrande
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14780
Distance to Lion-sur-Mer
from Caen: 14 km
from Paris: 201 km
from Calais: 240 km
from Nice: 851 km
from Bordeaux: 497 km
from Strasbourg: 594 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Lion-sur-Mer (within 6 km): Anisy : Colleville-Montgomery : Cresserons : Douvres-la-Delivrande : Hermanville-sur-Mer : Langrune-sur-Mer : Luc-sur-Mer : Mathieu : Ouistreham : Periers-sur-le-Dan : Plumetot : Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay : Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer :
Lion-sur-Mer holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Lion-sur-Mer