Pierres travel guide
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Visit Pierres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pierres is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 44 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Pierres is 226 km from Paris and 296 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 12 km from Pierres
Popular places to visit near Pierres: these include Vire at 12 km and Domfront at 31 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 25km and Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 31km. 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 Pierres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pierres
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pierres.
Note that all distances from Pierres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pierres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pierres (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 Pierres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (37km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (39km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (44km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (45km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (45km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (25km) : Saint-Fraimbault (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Pierres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pierres
Canton: Vassy
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14410
Distance to Pierres
from Caen: 44 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 296 km
from Nice: 841 km
from Bordeaux: 449 km
from Strasbourg: 623 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 Pierres): Beaulieu, Burcy, Chenedolle, Estry, La Rocque, Lassy, Le Desert, Le Theil-Bocage, Moncy, Montchamp, Presles, Rully, Vassy and Viessoix.
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 Pierres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pierres