Grandcamp-Maisy travel guide
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Visit Grandcamp-Maisy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Grandcamp-Maisy is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 55 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Grandcamp-Maisy is 254 km from Paris and 270 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 11 km from Grandcamp-Maisy
Popular places to visit near Grandcamp-Maisy: these include Normandy landing beaches at 11 km and Bayeux at 28 km.
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 21km and Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' 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 Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grandcamp-Maisy
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Grandcamp-Maisy.
Note that all distances from Grandcamp-Maisy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Grandcamp-Maisy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grandcamp-Maisy (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 Grandcamp-Maisy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (27km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (37km) : Parc du château des Ravalet (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Barfleur (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (23km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (36km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Valognes (34km) : Coutances (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Grandcamp-Maisy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grandcamp-Maisy
Canton: Isigny-sur-Mer
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14450
Distance to Grandcamp-Maisy
from Caen: 55 km
from Paris: 254 km
from Calais: 270 km
from Nice: 895 km
from Bordeaux: 507 km
from Strasbourg: 647 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grandcamp-Maisy): Cardonville, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, Deux-Jumeaux, Gefosse-Fontenay, La Cambe, Saint-Germain-du-Pert and Saint-Pierre-du-Mont.
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 Grandcamp-Maisy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Grandcamp-Maisy