Mathieu travel guide
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Visit Mathieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mathieu is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 9 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Mathieu is 203 km from Paris and 246 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 8 km from Mathieu
Popular places to visit near Mathieu: these include Caen at 8 km and Creully at 12 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) is a listed 'religious monument' 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 Mathieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mathieu
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mathieu.
Note that all distances from Mathieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mathieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mathieu (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 Mathieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (14km) : Plantbessin (31km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (37km) : Boutemont (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (8km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (14km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (15km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (24km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (19km) : Touques (36km) : Honfleur (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Mathieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mathieu
Canton: Douvres-la-Délivrande
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14920
Distance to Mathieu
from Caen: 9 km
from Paris: 203 km
from Calais: 246 km
from Nice: 850 km
from Bordeaux: 492 km
from Strasbourg: 598 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mathieu): Anguerny, Anisy, Authie, Basly, Beny-sur-Mer, Bieville-Beuville, Blainville-sur-Orne, Cairon, Cambes-en-Plaine, Colleville-Montgomery, Colomby-sur-Thaon, Cresserons, Douvres-la-Delivrande, Epron, Fontaine-Henry, Hermanville-sur-Mer, Herouville-Saint-Clair, Lion-sur-Mer, Periers-sur-le-Dan, Plumetot, Saint-Contest and Villons-les-Buissons.
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 Mathieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mathieu