Banville travel guide
Visit Banville: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Creully at 5 km from Banville
Location: Banville is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 17 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Banville is 213 km from Paris and 247 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Banville: these include Creully at 5 km and Arromanches at 10 km. Jardins du château de Brécy is a listed remarkable garden at 6 km and Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) is a listed religious monument at 7 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Banville, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Banville
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Banville.
Note that all distances from Banville shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Banville holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Banville
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market every Tuesday & Friday (3km)
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market every Thursday (7km)
- Douvres-la-Delivrande: market every Thursday (8km)
- Bayeux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
- Herouville-Saint-Clair: market every Wednesday (17km)
- Caen: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (18km)
- Ouistreham: market every Wednesday & Saturday - seasonal market only - (18km)
- Ouistreham: market every Thursday & Sunday & Friday (18km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market every Sunday (18km)
- Mondeville: market every Thursday (20km)
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 Banville and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Banville map below.
Most Beautiful Village Beuvron (35km)
Religious Monument Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (7km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (9km); Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (9km); Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (16km); Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (17km); Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (35km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Brécy (6km); Plantbessin (25km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (47km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bayeux (16km)
Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (28km); Torigni-sur-Vire (47km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cabourg (27km); Domjean (53km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (39km)
Map of places to visit near Banville & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Banville
Canton: Ryes
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14480
Distance to Banville
from Caen (local prefecture): 17 km
from Paris: 213 km
from Calais: 247 km
from Nice: 860 km
from Bordeaux: 498 km
from Strasbourg: 607 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Banville): Amblie, Basly, Beny-sur-Mer, Bernieres-sur-Mer, Colombiers-sur-Seulles, Colomby-sur-Thaon, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Crepon, Creully, Fontaine-Henry, Graye-sur-Mer, Lantheuil, Le Fresne-Camilly, Meuvaines, Reviers, Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer, Thaon, Tierceville, Ver-sur-Mer and Villiers-le-Sec.
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 Banville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Banville