Commes travel guide
Visit Commes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 7 km from Commes
Location: Commes is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 32 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Commes is 231 km from Paris and 257 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Commes: these include Bayeux at 7 km and Arromanches at 8 km. Bayeux is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 6 km and Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed religious monument at 7 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Commes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Commes
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Commes.
Note that all distances from Commes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Commes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Commes
- Bayeux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- Le Molay-Littry: market every Thursday (14km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market every Sunday (20km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market every Tuesday & Friday (20km)
- Grandcamp-Maisy: market every Sunday (23km)
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market every Thursday (25km)
- Isigny-sur-Mer: market every Wednesday & Saturday (26km)
- Douvres-la-Delivrande: market every Thursday (27km)
- Villers-Bocage: market every Wednesday (29km)
- Caen: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (33km)
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 Commes and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Commes map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (47km)
Most Beautiful Village Barfleur (53km)
Religious Monument Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (7km); Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (14km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (14km); Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (14km); Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (21km); Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (32km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Brécy (14km); Plantbessin (15km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bayeux (6km)
Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (29km); Torigni-sur-Vire (38km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Domjean (44km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (37km)
Map of places to visit near Commes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Commes
Canton: Ryes
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14520
Distance to Commes
from Caen (local prefecture): 32 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 257 km
from Nice: 875 km
from Bordeaux: 500 km
from Strasbourg: 625 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Commes): Cussy, Etreham, Longues-sur-Mer, Magny-en-Bessin, Maisons, Manvieux, Mosles, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Russy, Sainte-Honorine-Des-Pertes, Sully, Tour-en-Bessin, Vaucelles and Vaux-sur-Aure.
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 Commes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Commes