Barfleur travel guide
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Visit Barfleur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barfleur is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 63 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Barfleur is 277 km from Paris and 263 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Barfleur
Popular places to visit near Barfleur: these include Cherbourg at 26 km and Normandy landing beaches at 42 km.
Parc du château des Ravalet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km and Valognes is a listed 'town of art and history' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Barfleur: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Barfleur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barfleur
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Barfleur.
Note that all distances from Barfleur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barfleur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barfleur (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 Barfleur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château des Ravalet (23km) : Château de Beaurepaire (30km) : Parc du château de Nacqueville (34km) : Jardin botanique du château de Vauville (42km) : Jardin Jacques Prévert (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cherbourg (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Valognes (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Barfleur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barfleur
Canton: Quettehou
Arrondissement: Cherbourg-Octeville
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50760
Distance to Barfleur
from Saint-Lo: 63 km
from Paris: 277 km
from Calais: 263 km
from Nice: 928 km
from Bordeaux: 540 km
from Strasbourg: 666 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Barfleur): Anneville-en-Saire, Gatteville-le-Phare, Gouberville, La Pernelle, Le Vicel, Montfarville, Neville-sur-Mer, Reville, Sainte-Genevieve, Tocqueville and Valcanville.
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 Barfleur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barfleur