Presles travel guide
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Visit Presles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Presles is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 46 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Presles is 229 km from Paris and 298 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 9 km from Presles
Popular places to visit near Presles: these include Vire at 9 km and Domfront at 33 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 22km and Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 33km. 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 Presles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Presles
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Presles.
Note that all distances from Presles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Presles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Presles (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 Presles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (36km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (47km) : Argences (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (45km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (45km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (46km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (22km) : Saint-Fraimbault (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Presles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Presles
Canton: Vassy
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14410
Distance to Presles
from Caen: 46 km
from Paris: 229 km
from Calais: 298 km
from Nice: 844 km
from Bordeaux: 450 km
from Strasbourg: 626 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 Presles): Beaulieu, Burcy, Carville, Chenedolle, Estry, Le Desert, Le Reculey, Le Theil-Bocage, Montchamp, Pierres, Roullours, Saint-Charles-de-Percy, Vaudry 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 Presles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Presles