Gefosse-Fontenay travel guide
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Visit Gefosse-Fontenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gefosse-Fontenay is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 57 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Gefosse-Fontenay is 257 km from Paris and 274 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 15 km from Gefosse-Fontenay
Popular places to visit near Gefosse-Fontenay: these include Normandy landing beaches at 15 km and Bayeux at 30 km.
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 16km and Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gefosse-Fontenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gefosse-Fontenay
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gefosse-Fontenay.
Note that all distances from Gefosse-Fontenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gefosse-Fontenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gefosse-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 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 Gefosse-Fontenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (28km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (40km) : Argences (46km) : Parc du château des Ravalet (47km) : Château de Beaurepaire (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Barfleur (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (22km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (30km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (39km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (42km) : Cherbourg (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Valognes (32km) : Coutances (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Gefosse-Fontenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Géfosse-Fontenay
Canton: Isigny-sur-Mer
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14230
Distance to Gefosse-Fontenay
from Caen: 57 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 274 km
from Nice: 896 km
from Bordeaux: 505 km
from Strasbourg: 651 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gefosse-Fontenay): Cardonville, Grandcamp-Maisy, Isigny-sur-Mer, Les Veys, Osmanville and Saint-Germain-du-Pert.
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 Gefosse-Fontenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gefosse-Fontenay