Grimbosq travel guide
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Visit Grimbosq: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Grimbosq is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 17 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Grimbosq is 206 km from Paris and 269 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 17 km from Grimbosq
Popular places to visit near Grimbosq: these include Caen at 17 km and Falaise at 26 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. 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 Grimbosq, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grimbosq
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Grimbosq.
Note that all distances from Grimbosq shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Grimbosq holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grimbosq (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 Grimbosq and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (27km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (28km) : Plantbessin (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (26km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (26km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (27km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (32km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (36km) : Domjean (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Grimbosq & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grimbosq
Canton: Bretteville-sur-Laize
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14220
Distance to Grimbosq
from Caen: 17 km
from Paris: 206 km
from Calais: 269 km
from Nice: 838 km
from Bordeaux: 468 km
from Strasbourg: 602 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grimbosq): Amaye-sur-Orne, Boulon, Clinchamps-sur-Orne, Croisilles, Curcy-sur-Orne, Espins, Fresney-le-Puceux, Fresney-le-Vieux, Goupillieres, La Caine, Laize-la-Ville, Maizet, May-sur-Orne, Montigny, Moutiers-en-Cinglais, Mutrecy, Ouffieres, Preaux-Bocage, Saint-Laurent-de-Condel, Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay, Trois-Monts and Vacognes-Neuilly.
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 Grimbosq from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Grimbosq