Fontaine-Henry travel guide

Fontaine-Henry photo, taken in Creully France

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Visit Fontaine-Henry: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Fontaine-Henry is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 13 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Fontaine-Henry is 210 km from Paris and 248 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Creully at 6 km from Fontaine-Henry

Popular places to visit near Fontaine-Henry: these include Creully at 6 km and Caen at 12 km.

Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Jardins du château de Brécy 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 Fontaine-Henry, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontaine-Henry

photo of Caen
Caen 12km
photo of Bayeux
Bayeux 18km
photo of Cabourg
Cabourg 25km
photo of Beuvron
Beuvron 31km
photo of Falaise
Falaise 47km

See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontaine-Henry.

Note that all distances from Fontaine-Henry shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Fontaine-Henry holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontaine-Henry (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 Fontaine-Henry and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (8km) : Plantbessin (26km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (42km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (31km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (8km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (10km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (12km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (18km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (36km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (24km) : Touques (41km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Fontaine-Henry & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Fontaine-Henry

Canton: Creully

Arrondissement: Caen

Department: Calvados

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 14610

Distance to Fontaine-Henry

from Caen: 13 km

from Paris: 210 km

from Calais: 248 km

from Nice: 856 km

from Bordeaux: 494 km

from Strasbourg: 604 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 25 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaine-Henry): Amblie, Anguerny, Anisy, Banville, Basly, Beny-sur-Mer, Cairon, Cambes-en-Plaine, Colombiers-sur-Seulles, Colomby-sur-Thaon, Cully, Douvres-la-Delivrande, Graye-sur-Mer, Langrune-sur-Mer, Lantheuil, Lasson, Le Fresne-Camilly, Mathieu, Reviers, Rosel, Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer, Secqueville-en-Bessin, Thaon, Tierceville and Villons-les-Buissons.

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 Fontaine-Henry from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Fontaine-Henry