Cottun travel guide
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Visit Cottun: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cottun is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 33 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Cottun is 233 km from Paris and 265 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 6 km from Cottun
Popular places to visit near Cottun: these include Bayeux at 6 km and Arromanches at 14 km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Plantbessin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. 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 Cottun, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cottun
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cottun.
Note that all distances from Cottun shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cottun holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cottun (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 Cottun and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (8km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (16km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (6km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (15km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (15km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (16km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (36km) : Cabourg (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Cottun & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cottun
Canton: Bayeux
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14400
Distance to Cottun
from Caen: 33 km
from Paris: 233 km
from Calais: 265 km
from Nice: 873 km
from Bordeaux: 493 km
from Strasbourg: 628 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 23 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cottun): Agy, Arganchy, Barbeville, Bayeux, Blay, Campigny, Crouay, Cussy, Etreham, Gueron, Le Breuil-en-Bessin, Le Molay-Littry, Le Tronquay, Maisons, Mosles, Noron-la-Poterie, Ranchy, Saint-Loup-Hors, Saon, Subles, Sully, Tour-en-Bessin and Vaucelles.
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 Cottun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cottun