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Visit Lison: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lison is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 51 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Lison is 251 km from Paris and 280 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Normandy landing beaches at 18 km from Lison
Popular places to visit near Lison: these include Normandy landing beaches at 18 km and Bayeux at 25 km.
Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Plantbessin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. 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 Lison, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lison
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lison.
Note that all distances from Lison shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lison holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lison (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 Lison and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (19km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (35km) : Argences (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Barfleur (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (10km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (25km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (34km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (39km) : Valognes (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Lison & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lison
Canton: Isigny-sur-Mer
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14330
Distance to Lison
from Caen: 51 km
from Paris: 251 km
from Calais: 280 km
from Nice: 885 km
from Bordeaux: 492 km
from Strasbourg: 646 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 Lison): Airel, Bricqueville, Cartigny-l'Epinay, Castilly, Colombieres, La Folie, Les Oubeaux, Moon-sur-Elle, Neuilly-la-Foret, Saint-Fromond, Saint-Jean-de-Savigny, Saint-Marcouf, Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle and Vouilly.
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 Lison from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lison