Le Havre travel guide
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Visit Le Havre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Havre is situated in the Seine-Maritime department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 70 km from Rouen, the department capital. (General information: Le Havre is 178 km from Paris and 204 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Le Havre
Popular places to visit near Le Havre: these include Villerville at 10 km and Honfleur at 13 km.
Honfleur is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Touques is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Le Havre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Havre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Havre
See France This Way travel guides for Seine-Maritime and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Havre.
Note that all distances from Le Havre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Havre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Havre (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 Seine-Maritime 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 Havre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Boutemont (36km) : Jardin d'art et d'essais (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Honfleur (13km) : Touques (17km) : Cabourg (28km) : Pont-Audemer (33km) : Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (34km) : Autretot (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Fecamp (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Havre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Le Havre
Canton: Le Havre
Arrondissement: Le Havre
Department: Seine-Maritime
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 76600
Distance to Le Havre
from Rouen: 70 km
from Paris: 178 km
from Calais: 204 km
from Nice: 844 km
from Bordeaux: 520 km
from Strasbourg: 566 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Havre): Fontaine-la-Mallet and Sainte-Adresse.
Getting here
Seine-Maritime is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, with Le Havre and Dieppe on the coast here being very convenient. For driving distances to Le Havre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Havre