Caen travel guide
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Visit Caen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Caen is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Calvados department. (General information: Caen is 201 km from Paris and 252 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Caen (page also includes a photo gallery for Caen)
Popular places to visit near Caen: these include Caen at 1 km and Creully at 18 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Caen: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Caen, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Caen
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Caen.
Note that all distances from Caen shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Caen holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Caen (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 Caen and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (19km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (29km) : Plantbessin (32km) : Boutemont (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (19km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (19km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (19km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (27km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (21km) : Touques (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Caen & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Caen
Canton: Caen
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14000
Distance to Caen
from Caen: 0 km
from Paris: 201 km
from Calais: 252 km
from Nice: 843 km
from Bordeaux: 483 km
from Strasbourg: 596 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Caen): Authie, Blainville-sur-Orne, Bretteville-sur-Odon, Cambes-en-Plaine, Colombelles, Cormelles-le-Royal, Epron, Eterville, Fleury-sur-Orne, Giberville, Grentheville, Herouville-Saint-Clair, Hubert-Folie, Ifs, Louvigny, Maltot, Mondeville, Saint-Contest and Soliers.
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 Caen from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Caen