Raids travel guide
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Visit Raids: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Raids is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 22 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Raids is 272 km from Paris and 299 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coutances at 22 km from Raids
Popular places to visit near Raids: these include Coutances at 22 km and Normandy landing beaches at 37 km.
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 10km and Coutances is a listed 'town of art and history' at 22km. 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 Raids, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Raids
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Raids.
Note that all distances from Raids shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Raids holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Raids (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 Manche 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 Raids and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Argences (24km) : Plantbessin (40km) : Château de Beaurepaire (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (30km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (22km) : Valognes (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Raids & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Raids
Canton: Carentan
Arrondissement: Saint-Lô
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50500
Distance to Raids
from Saint-Lo: 22 km
from Paris: 272 km
from Calais: 299 km
from Nice: 900 km
from Bordeaux: 491 km
from Strasbourg: 668 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Raids): Auxais, Gonfreville, Gorges, Marchesieux, Nay, Periers, Saint-Georges-de-Bohon, Saint-Germain-sur-Seves, Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny, Saint-Sebastien-de-Raids and Sainteny.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Raids from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Raids