La Barre-de-Semilly travel guide
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Visit La Barre-de-Semilly: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Barre-de-Semilly is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 4 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: La Barre-de-Semilly is 249 km from Paris and 290 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 30 km from La Barre-de-Semilly
Popular places to visit near La Barre-de-Semilly: these include Bayeux at 30 km and Normandy landing beaches at 31 km.
Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 La Barre-de-Semilly, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Barre-de-Semilly
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Barre-de-Semilly.
Note that all distances from La Barre-de-Semilly shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Barre-de-Semilly holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Barre-de-Semilly (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 Manche 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 La Barre-de-Semilly and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (20km) : Argences (31km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (12km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (30km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (33km) :
Map of places to visit near La Barre-de-Semilly & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barre-de-Semilly
Canton: Saint-Lô-Est
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50810
Distance to La Barre-de-Semilly
from Saint-Lo: 4 km
from Paris: 249 km
from Calais: 290 km
from Nice: 875 km
from Bordeaux: 477 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Barre-de-Semilly): Baudre, Couvains, Gourfaleur, La Luzerne, La Mancelliere-sur-Vire, Le Mesnil-Rouxelin, Notre-Dame-d'Elle, Precorbin, Saint-Andre-de-l'Epine, Saint-Georges-d'Elle, Saint-Georges-Montcocq, Saint-Jean-Des-Baisants, Saint-Lo, Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly, Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire and Villiers-Fossard.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to La Barre-de-Semilly from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Barre-de-Semilly