Asnieres-en-Bessin travel guide
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Visit Asnieres-en-Bessin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Asnieres-en-Bessin is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 47 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Asnieres-en-Bessin is 246 km from Paris and 265 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 3 km from Asnieres-en-Bessin
Popular places to visit near Asnieres-en-Bessin: these include Normandy landing beaches at 3 km and Bayeux at 20 km.
Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km and Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. 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 Asnieres-en-Bessin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Asnieres-en-Bessin
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Asnieres-en-Bessin.
Note that all distances from Asnieres-en-Bessin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Asnieres-en-Bessin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Asnieres-en-Bessin (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 Asnieres-en-Bessin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (21km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Barfleur (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (19km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (28km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (28km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (29km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Valognes (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Asnieres-en-Bessin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Asnières-en-Bessin
Canton: Isigny-sur-Mer
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14710
Distance to Asnieres-en-Bessin
from Caen: 47 km
from Paris: 246 km
from Calais: 265 km
from Nice: 888 km
from Bordeaux: 504 km
from Strasbourg: 640 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Asnieres-en-Bessin): Aignerville, Canchy, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, Deux-Jumeaux, Ecrammeville, Englesqueville-la-Percee, Formigny, La Cambe, Longueville, Louvieres, Normandy landing beaches, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Surrain and Vierville-sur-Mer.
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 Asnieres-en-Bessin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Asnieres-en-Bessin