Dives-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Dives-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dives-sur-Mer is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 22 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Dives-sur-Mer is 185 km from Paris and 232 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Dives-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Dives-sur-Mer: these include Cabourg at 1 km and Houlgate at 3 km.
Cabourg is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 1km and Beuvron is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dives-sur-Mer: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dives-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dives-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dives-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Dives-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dives-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dives-sur-Mer (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 Dives-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Boutemont (26km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (33km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (22km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (35km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (35km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (1km) : Touques (16km) : Honfleur (28km) : Pont-Audemer (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (27km) : Orbec (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Dives-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dives-sur-Mer
Canton: Dozulé
Arrondissement: Lisieux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14160
Distance to Dives-sur-Mer
from Caen: 22 km
from Paris: 185 km
from Calais: 232 km
from Nice: 838 km
from Bordeaux: 496 km
from Strasbourg: 578 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dives-sur-Mer): Angerville, Auberville, Brucourt, Cabourg, Cricqueville-en-Auge, Douville-en-Auge, Gonneville-sur-Mer, Grangues, Houlgate, Periers-en-Auge, Petiville and Varaville.
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 Dives-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dives-sur-Mer