Saint-Sylvain travel guide
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Visit Saint-Sylvain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Sylvain is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 17 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Sylvain is 189 km from Paris and 257 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Falaise at 18 km from Saint-Sylvain
Popular places to visit near Saint-Sylvain: these include Falaise at 18 km and Caen at 18 km.
Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Saint-Sylvain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Sylvain
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Sylvain.
Note that all distances from Saint-Sylvain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Sylvain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Sylvain (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-Sylvain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (13km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (35km) : Boutemont (35km) : Plantbessin (45km) : Sassy (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (19km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (18km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (35km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (35km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (27km) : Touques (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Sylvain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Sylvain
Canton: Bretteville-sur-Laize
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14190
Distance to Saint-Sylvain
from Caen: 17 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 257 km
from Nice: 826 km
from Bordeaux: 470 km
from Strasbourg: 585 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Sylvain): Airan, Billy, Bretteville-le-Rabet, Cauvicourt, Chicheboville, Cintheaux, Conteville, Estrees-la-Campagne, Fierville-Bray, Garcelles-Secqueville, Grainville-Langannerie, Maizieres, Poussy-la-Campagne, Rouvres, Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, Saint-Germain-le-Vasson, Soignolles and Urville.
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-Sylvain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Sylvain