Le Desert travel guide
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Visit Le Desert: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Desert is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 45 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Le Desert is 231 km from Paris and 297 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 9 km from Le Desert
Popular places to visit near Le Desert: these include Vire at 9 km and Domfront at 37 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km and Plantbessin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 33km. 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 Le Desert, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Desert
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Desert.
Note that all distances from Le Desert shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Desert holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Desert (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 Le Desert and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (33km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (45km) : Argences (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (34km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (43km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (43km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (45km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (18km) : Saint-Fraimbault (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Desert & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Désert
Canton: Vassy
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14350
Distance to Le Desert
from Caen: 45 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 297 km
from Nice: 848 km
from Bordeaux: 453 km
from Strasbourg: 629 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Desert): Beaulieu, Burcy, Carville, Chenedolle, Estry, Etouvy, La Graverie, Le Beny-Bocage, Le Reculey, Montchamp, Montchauvet, Pierres, Presles and Saint-Charles-de-Percy.
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 Desert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Desert