Carentan travel guide
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Visit Carentan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carentan is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 24 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Carentan is 266 km from Paris and 287 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 27 km from Carentan
Popular places to visit near Carentan: these include Normandy landing beaches at 27 km and Coutances at 33 km.
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 4km and Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. 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 Carentan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carentan
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carentan.
Note that all distances from Carentan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carentan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carentan (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 Carentan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (34km) : Argences (35km) : Château de Beaurepaire (44km) : Parc du château des Ravalet (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Barfleur (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (26km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (39km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (48km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (38km) : Cherbourg (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Valognes (28km) : Coutances (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Carentan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carentan
Canton: Carentan
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50500
Distance to Carentan
from Saint-Lo: 24 km
from Paris: 266 km
from Calais: 287 km
from Nice: 900 km
from Bordeaux: 499 km
from Strasbourg: 661 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carentan): Angoville-Au-Plain, Auvers, Brevands, Catz, Houesville, Meautis, Saint-Come-du-Mont, Saint-Georges-de-Bohon, Saint-Hilaire-Petitville and Saint-Pellerin.
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 Carentan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carentan