Carpiquet travel guide
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Visit Carpiquet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carpiquet is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 7 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Carpiquet is 207 km from Paris and 256 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 6 km from Carpiquet
Popular places to visit near Carpiquet: these include Caen at 6 km and Creully at 13 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Carpiquet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carpiquet
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carpiquet.
Note that all distances from Carpiquet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Carpiquet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Carpiquet (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 Carpiquet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (13km) : Plantbessin (25km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (35km) : Boutemont (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (13km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (13km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (13km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (21km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (27km) : Touques (44km) : Domjean (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Carpiquet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carpiquet
Canton: Caen 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14650
Distance to Carpiquet
from Caen: 7 km
from Paris: 207 km
from Calais: 256 km
from Nice: 848 km
from Bordeaux: 483 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carpiquet): Authie, Bretteville-sur-Odon, Cambes-en-Plaine, Cheux, Epron, Eterville, Fleury-sur-Orne, Fontaine-Etoupefour, Grainville-sur-Odon, Lasson, Louvigny, Mondrainville, Mouen, Rosel, Rots, Saint-Contest, Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Secqueville-en-Bessin, Tourville-sur-Odon and Verson.
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 Carpiquet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Carpiquet