Saint-Vigor-le-Grand travel guide
Visit Saint-Vigor-le-Grand: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 2 km from Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
Location: Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 25 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is 226 km from Paris and 259 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Vigor-le-Grand: these include Bayeux at 2 km and Arromanches at 8 km. Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed religious monument at 1 km and Bayeux is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 2 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-Vigor-le-Grand, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand.
Note that all distances from Saint-Vigor-le-Grand shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand 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 Calvados gites and villas
Markets near Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
- Bayeux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (2km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market every Sunday (13km)
- Le Molay-Littry: market every Thursday (14km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market every Tuesday & Friday (17km)
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market every Thursday (22km)
- Villers-Bocage: market every Wednesday (22km)
- Douvres-la-Delivrande: market every Thursday (23km)
- Caen: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (26km)
- Herouville-Saint-Clair: market every Wednesday (28km)
- Grandcamp-Maisy: market every Sunday (28km)
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-Vigor-le-Grand and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Vigor-le-Grand map below.
Religious Monument Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (1km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (8km); Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (8km); Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (9km); Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (20km); Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (26km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Brécy (9km); Plantbessin (12km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bayeux (2km)
Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (22km); Torigni-sur-Vire (35km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Domjean (41km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (31km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Vigor-le-Grand & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
Canton: Bayeux
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14400
Distance to Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
from Caen (local prefecture): 25 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 259 km
from Nice: 868 km
from Bordeaux: 494 km
from Strasbourg: 621 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand): Agy, Arganchy, Barbeville, Bayeux, Carcagny, Cussy, Esquay-sur-Seulles, Gueron, Longues-sur-Mer, Magny-en-Bessin, Maisons, Monceaux-en-Bessin, Nonant, Ranchy, Ryes, Saint-Loup-Hors, Saint-Martin-Des-Entrees, Sommervieu, Subles, Sully, Vaucelles, Vaux-sur-Aure, Vaux-sur-Seulles and Vienne-en-Bessin.
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-Vigor-le-Grand from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Vigor-le-Grand