Combray travel guide
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Visit Combray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Combray is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 26 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Combray is 204 km from Paris and 276 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Falaise at 19 km from Combray
Popular places to visit near Combray: these include Falaise at 19 km and Caen at 26 km.
Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 27km and Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km. 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 Combray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Combray
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Combray.
Note that all distances from Combray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Combray holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Combray (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 Combray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (27km) : Plantbessin (38km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (38km) : Sassy (45km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (36km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (41km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (44km) : Domjean (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (38km) : Domfront (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Combray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Combray
Canton: Thury-Harcourt
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14220
Distance to Combray
from Caen: 26 km
from Paris: 204 km
from Calais: 276 km
from Nice: 830 km
from Bordeaux: 457 km
from Strasbourg: 601 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 Combray): Acqueville, Angoville, Bonnoeil, Cesny-Bois-Halbout, Clecy, Croisilles, Donnay, Espins, Esson, La Pommeraye, Le Bo, Le Vey, Martainville, Meslay, Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais, Placy, Saint-Omer, Saint-Remy and Thury-Harcourt.
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 Combray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Combray