Falaise travel guide
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Visit Falaise: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Falaise is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 33 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Falaise is 186 km from Paris and 271 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Falaise
Popular places to visit near Falaise: these include Falaise at 1 km and Argentan at 21 km.
Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Argentan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Falaise: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Falaise, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Falaise
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Falaise.
Note that all distances from Falaise shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Falaise holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Falaise (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 Falaise and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (13km) : Sassy (30km) : Boutemont (44km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (34km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (21km) : Domfront (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Falaise & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Falaise
Canton: Falaise
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14700
Distance to Falaise
from Caen: 33 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 271 km
from Nice: 813 km
from Bordeaux: 452 km
from Strasbourg: 584 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Falaise): Aubigny, Cordey, Epaney, Eraines, Fourneaux-le-Val, Fresne-la-Mere, La Hoguette, Noron-l'Abbaye, Saint-Martin-de-Mieux, Saint-Pierre-Canivet, Soulangy, Versainville, Villers-Canivet and Villy-Lez-Falaise.
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 Falaise from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Falaise