Le Breuil-en-Bessin travel guide
Visit Le Breuil-en-Bessin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 11 km from Le Breuil-en-Bessin
Location: Le Breuil-en-Bessin is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 36 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Le Breuil-en-Bessin is 238 km from Paris and 270 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Le Breuil-en-Bessin: these include Bayeux at 11 km and Normandy landing beaches at 14 km. Plantbessin is a listed remarkable garden at 7 km and Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed religious monument at 8 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Breuil-en-Bessin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Breuil-en-Bessin
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Breuil-en-Bessin.
Note that all distances from Le Breuil-en-Bessin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Breuil-en-Bessin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Le Breuil-en-Bessin
- Le Molay-Littry: market every Thursday (2km)
- Bayeux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (11km)
- Isigny-sur-Mer: market every Wednesday & Saturday (19km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market every Sunday (19km)
- Grandcamp-Maisy: market every Sunday (20km)
- Saint-Lo: market every Saturday & Friday (23km)
- Villers-Bocage: market every Wednesday (25km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire: market every Monday (26km)
- Carentan: market every Monday all day (29km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market every Tuesday & Friday (30km)
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 Le Breuil-en-Bessin and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Le Breuil-en-Bessin map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (47km)
Regional Natural Parc Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (32km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (8km); Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (12km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (20km); Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (20km); Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (22km); Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (37km)
Remarkable Garden Plantbessin (7km); Jardins du château de Brécy (22km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bayeux (11km)
Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (25km); Torigni-sur-Vire (26km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Domjean (32km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (29km)
Map of places to visit near Le Breuil-en-Bessin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Breuil-en-Bessin
Canton: Trévières
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14330
Distance to Le Breuil-en-Bessin
from Caen (local prefecture): 36 km
from Paris: 238 km
from Calais: 270 km
from Nice: 876 km
from Bordeaux: 492 km
from Strasbourg: 633 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Breuil-en-Bessin): Blay, Campigny, Castillon, Cottun, Crouay, Le Molay-Littry, Le Tronquay, Mandeville-en-Bessin, Mosles, Noron-la-Poterie, Rubercy, Saon, Saonnet, Tournieres and Vaubadon.
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 Le Breuil-en-Bessin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Breuil-en-Bessin