Bavent travel guide
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Visit Bavent: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bavent is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 13 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Bavent is 190 km from Paris and 241 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cabourg at 9 km from Bavent
Popular places to visit near Bavent: these include Cabourg at 9 km and Dives-sur-Mer at 10 km.
Cabourg is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km and Beuvron is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Bavent, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bavent
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bavent.
Note that all distances from Bavent shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bavent holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bavent (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 Bavent and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (27km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (28km) : Boutemont (31km) : Plantbessin (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (13km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (28km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (28km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (9km) : Touques (25km) : Honfleur (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (36km) : Orbec (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Bavent & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bavent
Canton: Cabourg
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14860
Distance to Bavent
from Caen: 13 km
from Paris: 190 km
from Calais: 241 km
from Nice: 839 km
from Bordeaux: 489 km
from Strasbourg: 585 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 Bavent): Amfreville, Basseneville, Breville, Cuverville, Demouville, Escoville, Gonneville-en-Auge, Herouvillette, Ouistreham, Petiville, Ranville, Saint-Samson, Sallenelles, Sannerville, Touffreville, Troarn and Varaville.
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 Bavent from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bavent