Authie travel guide
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Visit Authie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Authie is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 6 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Authie is 206 km from Paris and 253 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 5 km from Authie
Popular places to visit near Authie: these include Caen at 5 km and Creully at 12 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Authie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Authie
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Authie.
Note that all distances from Authie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Authie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Authie (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 Authie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (13km) : Plantbessin (27km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (35km) : Boutemont (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (6km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (12km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (12km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (21km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (24km) : Touques (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Authie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Authie
Canton: Caen 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14280
Distance to Authie
from Caen: 6 km
from Paris: 206 km
from Calais: 253 km
from Nice: 849 km
from Bordeaux: 486 km
from Strasbourg: 602 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Authie): Anisy, Bretteville-sur-Odon, Caen, Cairon, Cambes-en-Plaine, Carpiquet, Epron, Lasson, Louvigny, Mathieu, Rosel, Rots, Saint-Contest, Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Thaon, Verson and Villons-les-Buissons.
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 Authie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Authie