Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay travel guide
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Visit Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 7 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay is 201 km from Paris and 259 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 8 km from Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
Popular places to visit near Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay: these include Caen at 8 km and Creully at 22 km.
Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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-Martin-de-Fontenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay.
Note that all distances from Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay (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-Martin-de-Fontenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (23km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (26km) : Plantbessin (32km) : Boutemont (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (22km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (22km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (23km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (30km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (27km) : Touques (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
Canton: Bourguébus
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14320
Distance to Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
from Caen: 7 km
from Paris: 201 km
from Calais: 259 km
from Nice: 839 km
from Bordeaux: 476 km
from Strasbourg: 597 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay): Amaye-sur-Orne, Bourguebus, Bretteville-sur-Odon, Clinchamps-sur-Orne, Cormelles-le-Royal, Eterville, Feuguerolles-Bully, Fleury-sur-Orne, Fontaine-Etoupefour, Fontenay-le-Marmion, Fresney-le-Puceux, Hubert-Folie, Ifs, Laize-la-Ville, Louvigny, Maltot, May-sur-Orne, Mutrecy, Rocquancourt, Saint-Andre-sur-Orne, Soliers, Tilly-la-Campagne, Verson and Vieux.
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-Martin-de-Fontenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay