Saint-Marcouf travel guide
Visit Saint-Marcouf: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Barfleur at 22 km from Saint-Marcouf
Location: Saint-Marcouf is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 42 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Marcouf is 273 km from Paris and 277 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Marcouf: these include Barfleur at 22 km and Cherbourg at 30 km. Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) is a listed heritage site at 13 km and Valognes is a listed town of art and history at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Marcouf, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Marcouf
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Marcouf.
Note that all distances from Saint-Marcouf shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Marcouf holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Saint-Marcouf
- Sainte-Mere-Eglise: market every Thursday (7km)
- Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue: market every Saturday (13km)
- Quettehou: market every Tuesday (14km)
- Valognes: market every Friday (14km)
- Carentan: market every Monday all day (19km)
- Grandcamp-Maisy: market every Sunday (20km)
- Isigny-sur-Mer: market every Wednesday & Saturday (22km)
- Saint-Pierre-Eglise: market every Wednesday (23km)
- Bricquebec: market every Monday (25km)
- La Haye-du-Puits: market every Wednesday (27km)
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-Marcouf and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Marcouf map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (13km)
Most Beautiful Village Barfleur (22km)
Regional Natural Parc Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (19km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (40km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château des Ravalet (28km); Château de Beaurepaire (30km); Parc du château de Nacqueville (39km); Plantbessin (47km)
Town Of Art And History Valognes (14km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Cherbourg (31km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Marcouf & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Marcouf
Canton: Montebourg
Arrondissement: Cherbourg-Octeville
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50310
Distance to Saint-Marcouf
from Saint-Lo (local prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 273 km
from Calais: 277 km
from Nice: 915 km
from Bordeaux: 518 km
from Strasbourg: 666 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Marcouf): Azeville, Beuzeville-Au-Plain, Emondeville, Fontenay-sur-Mer, Foucarville, Fresville, Joganville, Lestre, Neuville-Au-Plain, Ozeville, Quineville, Ravenoville, Saint-Floxel, Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville and Vaudreville.
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 Saint-Marcouf from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Marcouf