Houlgate travel guide
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Visit Houlgate: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Houlgate is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 24 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Houlgate is 184 km from Paris and 229 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Houlgate
Popular places to visit near Houlgate: these include Dives-sur-Mer at 2 km and Cabourg at 3 km.
Cabourg is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Beuvron is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Houlgate: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Houlgate, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Houlgate
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Houlgate.
Note that all distances from Houlgate shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Houlgate holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Houlgate (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 Houlgate and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Boutemont (26km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (35km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (13km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (24km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (37km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (3km) : Touques (14km) : Honfleur (26km) : Pont-Audemer (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (25km) : Orbec (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Houlgate & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Houlgate
Canton: Dozulé
Arrondissement: Lisieux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14510
Distance to Houlgate
from Caen: 24 km
from Paris: 184 km
from Calais: 229 km
from Nice: 838 km
from Bordeaux: 498 km
from Strasbourg: 577 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Houlgate): Auberville, Cabourg, Dives-sur-Mer, Douville-en-Auge, Gonneville-sur-Mer, Grangues, Heuland, Periers-en-Auge, Saint-Vaast-en-Auge, Varaville and Villers-sur-Mer.
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 Houlgate from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Houlgate