Espins travel guide
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Visit Espins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Espins is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 20 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Espins is 203 km from Paris and 271 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Falaise at 20 km from Espins
Popular places to visit near Espins: these include Falaise at 20 km and Caen at 21 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km and Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. 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 Espins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Espins
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Espins.
Note that all distances from Espins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Espins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Espins (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 Espins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (25km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (33km) : Plantbessin (36km) : Sassy (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (31km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (31km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (33km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (37km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (38km) : Domjean (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (41km) : Domfront (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Espins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Espins
Canton: Thury-Harcourt
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14220
Distance to Espins
from Caen: 20 km
from Paris: 203 km
from Calais: 271 km
from Nice: 833 km
from Bordeaux: 463 km
from Strasbourg: 599 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Espins): Acqueville, Barbery, Boulon, Cesny-Bois-Halbout, Combray, Croisilles, Donnay, Esson, Fresney-le-Vieux, Goupillieres, Grimbosq, Martainville, Meslay, Moulines, Moutiers-en-Cinglais, Ouffieres, Placy, Saint-Laurent-de-Condel, Thury-Harcourt, Tournebu and Trois-Monts.
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 Espins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Espins