Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 38 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers is 234 km from Paris and 286 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 23 km from Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers: these include Vire at 23 km and Bayeux at 27 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers (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 Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (18km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (33km) : Argences (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (18km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (30km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (30km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (33km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (16km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers
Canton: Aunay-sur-Odon
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14350
Distance to Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers
from Caen: 38 km
from Paris: 234 km
from Calais: 286 km
from Nice: 859 km
from Bordeaux: 468 km
from Strasbourg: 630 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers): Bieville, Cahagnes, Caumont-l'Evente, Dampierre, La Lande-sur-Drome, La Vacquerie, Lamberville, Le Perron, Les Loges, Placy-Montaigu, Saint-Martin-Des-Besaces, Saint-Ouen-Des-Besaces, Saint-Pierre-du-Fresne, Sept-Vents and Vidouville.
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 Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers