Formentin travel guide
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Visit Formentin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Formentin is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 36 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Formentin is 165 km from Paris and 230 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cambremer at 8 km from Formentin
Popular places to visit near Formentin: these include Cambremer at 8 km and Lisieux at 9 km.
Boutemont is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Beuvron is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. 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 Formentin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Formentin
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Formentin.
Note that all distances from Formentin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Formentin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Formentin (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 Formentin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Boutemont (6km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (28km) : Arboretum d'Harcourt (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (14km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Touques (16km) : Cabourg (21km) : Honfleur (25km) : Pont-Audemer (32km) : Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (27km) : Le Havre (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Formentin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Formentin
Canton: Cambremer
Arrondissement: Lisieux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14340
Distance to Formentin
from Caen: 36 km
from Paris: 165 km
from Calais: 230 km
from Nice: 819 km
from Bordeaux: 488 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Formentin): Annebault, Auvillars, Bonnebosq, Clarbec, Coquainvilliers, La Roque-Baignard, Le Fournet, Le Pre-d'Auge, Le Torquesne, Manerbe, Saint-Ouen-le-Pin and Valseme.
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 Formentin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Formentin