Ouistreham travel guide
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Visit Ouistreham: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ouistreham is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 14 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Ouistreham is 195 km from Paris and 239 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cabourg at 10 km from Ouistreham
Popular places to visit near Ouistreham: these include Cabourg at 10 km and Dives-sur-Mer at 11 km.
Cabourg is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ouistreham: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ouistreham, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ouistreham
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ouistreham.
Note that all distances from Ouistreham shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ouistreham holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ouistreham (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 Ouistreham and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (23km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (35km) : Boutemont (36km) : Plantbessin (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (18km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (13km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (24km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (24km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (10km) : Touques (27km) : Honfleur (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Ouistreham & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ouistreham
Canton: Ouistreham
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14150
Distance to Ouistreham
from Caen: 14 km
from Paris: 195 km
from Calais: 239 km
from Nice: 845 km
from Bordeaux: 495 km
from Strasbourg: 589 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ouistreham): Amfreville, Bavent, Benouville, Bieville-Beuville, Breville, Colleville-Montgomery, Gonneville-en-Auge, Hermanville-sur-Mer, Lion-sur-Mer, Petiville, Ranville, Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay and Sallenelles.
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 Ouistreham from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ouistreham