Airel travel guide
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Visit Airel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Airel is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 11 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Airel is 253 km from Paris and 284 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 22 km from Airel
Popular places to visit near Airel: these include Normandy landing beaches at 22 km and Bayeux at 28 km.
Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 19km. 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 Airel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Airel
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Airel.
Note that all distances from Airel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Airel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Airel (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 Manche 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 Airel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (21km) : Argences (35km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (11km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (28km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (35km) : Valognes (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Airel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Airel
Canton: Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50680
Distance to Airel
from Saint-Lo: 11 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 284 km
from Nice: 885 km
from Bordeaux: 489 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Airel): Cartigny-l'Epinay, Castilly, Cavigny, Couvains, La Meauffe, Lison, Moon-sur-Elle, Neuilly-la-Foret, Pont-Hebert, Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, Saint-Fromond, Saint-Jean-de-Daye and Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Airel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Airel