Canisy travel guide
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Visit Canisy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Canisy is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 8 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Canisy is 259 km from Paris and 301 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coutances at 22 km from Canisy
Popular places to visit near Canisy: these include Coutances at 22 km and Vire at 34 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km and Argences is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. 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 Canisy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Canisy
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Canisy.
Note that all distances from Canisy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Canisy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Canisy (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 Canisy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Argences (20km) : Plantbessin (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (22km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (41km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Canisy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Canisy
Canton: Canisy
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50750
Distance to Canisy
from Saint-Lo: 8 km
from Paris: 259 km
from Calais: 301 km
from Nice: 880 km
from Bordeaux: 474 km
from Strasbourg: 655 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Canisy): Agneaux, Carantilly, Dangy, Gourfaleur, Hebecrevon, La Chapelle-en-Juger, Le Mesnil-Amey, Le Mesnil-Herman, Marigny, Quibou, Saint-Ebremond-de-Bonfosse, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Martin-de-Bonfosse, Saint-Romphaire and Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse.
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 Canisy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Canisy