Fontenay travel guide
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Visit Fontenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay is situated in the Seine-Maritime department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 66 km from Rouen, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay is 176 km from Paris and 195 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Havre at 10 km from Fontenay
Popular places to visit near Fontenay: these include Le Havre at 10 km and Etretat at 16 km.
Le Havre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Falaises d'Etretat is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. 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, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay
See France This Way travel guides for Seine-Maritime and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay.
Note that all distances from Fontenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay (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 Seine-Maritime 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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'art et d'essais (33km) : Boutemont (42km) : Parc de Galleville (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Jumièges (Jumieges) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Honfleur (16km) : Touques (25km) : Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (29km) : Pont-Audemer (33km) : Cabourg (38km) : Autretot (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (10km) : Fecamp (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay
Canton: Montivilliers
Arrondissement: Havre
Department: Seine-Maritime
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 76290
Distance to Fontenay
from Rouen: 66 km
from Paris: 176 km
from Calais: 195 km
from Nice: 846 km
from Bordeaux: 528 km
from Strasbourg: 561 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay): Epouville, Fontaine-la-Mallet, Hermeville, Maneglise, Mannevillette, Montivilliers, Notre-Dame-du-Bec, Octeville-sur-Mer, Rolleville, Saint-Laurent-de-Brevedent, Saint-Martin-du-Bec, Saint-Martin-du-Manoir and Turretot.
Getting here
Seine-Maritime is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, with Le Havre and Dieppe on the coast here being very convenient. For driving distances to Fontenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay