Bayeux travel guide
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Visit Bayeux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bayeux is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 28 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Bayeux is 228 km from Paris and 260 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Bayeux (page also includes a photo gallery for Bayeux)
Popular places to visit near Bayeux: these include Bayeux at 1 km and Arromanches at 9 km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bayeux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Bayeux has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bayeux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bayeux
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bayeux.
Note that all distances from Bayeux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bayeux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bayeux (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 Bayeux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (11km) : Plantbessin (11km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (10km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (10km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (11km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (19km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (40km) : Cabourg (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Bayeux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bayeux
Canton: Bayeux
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14400
Distance to Bayeux
from Caen: 28 km
from Paris: 228 km
from Calais: 260 km
from Nice: 870 km
from Bordeaux: 494 km
from Strasbourg: 622 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bayeux): Agy, Arganchy, Barbeville, Cottun, Cussy, Gueron, Longues-sur-Mer, Magny-en-Bessin, Maisons, Monceaux-en-Bessin, Nonant, Ranchy, Saint-Loup-Hors, Saint-Martin-Des-Entrees, Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, Sommervieu, Subles, Sully, Tour-en-Bessin, Vaucelles, Vaux-sur-Aure and Vaux-sur-Seulles.
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 Bayeux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bayeux