Couvains travel guide
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Visit Couvains: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Couvains is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 8 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Couvains is 247 km from Paris and 285 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 25 km from Couvains
Popular places to visit near Couvains: these include Normandy landing beaches at 25 km and Bayeux at 25 km.
Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Plantbessin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Couvains, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Couvains
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Couvains.
Note that all distances from Couvains shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Couvains holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Couvains (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 Couvains and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (16km) : Argences (35km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (6km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (25km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (32km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (34km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Couvains & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Couvains
Canton: Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50680
Distance to Couvains
from Saint-Lo: 8 km
from Paris: 247 km
from Calais: 285 km
from Nice: 877 km
from Bordeaux: 482 km
from Strasbourg: 643 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Couvains): Airel, Berigny, Cerisy-la-Foret, La Barre-de-Semilly, La Luzerne, Le Mesnil-Rouxelin, Moon-sur-Elle, Saint-Andre-de-l'Epine, Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, Saint-Georges-d'Elle, Saint-Jean-de-Savigny, Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly, Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle and Villiers-Fossard.
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 Couvains from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Couvains