Airan travel guide
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Visit Airan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Airan is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 17 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Airan is 184 km from Paris and 250 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beuvron at 12 km from Airan
Popular places to visit near Airan: these include Beuvron at 12 km and Cambremer at 16 km.
Beuvron is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km and Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Airan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Airan
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Airan.
Note that all distances from Airan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Airan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Airan (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Normandy and Calvados gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Airan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (14km) : Boutemont (29km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (36km) : Plantbessin (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (36km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (36km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (21km) : Touques (33km) : Honfleur (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (41km) : Le Havre (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Airan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Airan
Canton: Bourguébus
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14370
Distance to Airan
from Caen: 17 km
from Paris: 184 km
from Calais: 250 km
from Nice: 826 km
from Bordeaux: 475 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Airan): Argences, Bellengreville, Billy, Bissieres, Canteloup, Cesny-Aux-Vignes-Ouezy, Chicheboville, Cleville, Croissanville, Emieville, Fierville-Bray, Magny-la-Campagne, Magny-le-Freule, Mery-Corbon, Mezidon-Canon, Moult, Poussy-la-Campagne, Saint-Sylvain, Vieux-Fume and Vimont.
Getting here
Calvados is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Airan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Airan