Fontenay-le-Marmion travel guide
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Visit Fontenay-le-Marmion: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay-le-Marmion is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 10 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay-le-Marmion is 199 km from Paris and 260 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 10 km from Fontenay-le-Marmion
Popular places to visit near Fontenay-le-Marmion: these include Caen at 10 km and Creully at 25 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km. 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 Fontenay-le-Marmion, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay-le-Marmion
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay-le-Marmion.
Note that all distances from Fontenay-le-Marmion shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay-le-Marmion holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay-le-Marmion (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 Fontenay-le-Marmion and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (23km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (26km) : Plantbessin (34km) : Boutemont (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (25km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (25km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (26km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (33km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (28km) : Touques (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay-le-Marmion & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay-le-Marmion
Canton: Bourguébus
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14320
Distance to Fontenay-le-Marmion
from Caen: 10 km
from Paris: 199 km
from Calais: 260 km
from Nice: 836 km
from Bordeaux: 473 km
from Strasbourg: 596 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay-le-Marmion): Amaye-sur-Orne, Boulon, Bourguebus, Bretteville-sur-Laize, Cintheaux, Clinchamps-sur-Orne, Eterville, Feuguerolles-Bully, Fresney-le-Puceux, Garcelles-Secqueville, Hubert-Folie, Ifs, Laize-la-Ville, Maltot, May-sur-Orne, Mutrecy, Rocquancourt, Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, Saint-Andre-sur-Orne, Saint-Laurent-de-Condel, Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, Soliers, Tilly-la-Campagne and Vieux.
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 Fontenay-le-Marmion from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay-le-Marmion