Tessel travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Tessel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tessel is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 16 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Tessel is 216 km from Paris and 265 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Creully at 15 km from Tessel
Popular places to visit near Tessel: these include Creully at 15 km and Caen at 15 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Tessel for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Tessel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tessel
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tessel.
Note that all distances from Tessel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tessel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tessel (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 Tessel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (14km) : Plantbessin (17km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (12km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (12km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (14km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (16km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (17km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (36km) : Domjean (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Tessel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tessel
Canton: Tilly-sur-Seulles
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14250
Distance to Tessel
from Caen: 16 km
from Paris: 216 km
from Calais: 265 km
from Nice: 853 km
from Bordeaux: 480 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tessel): Bougy, Buceels, Cheux, Cristot, Fontenay-le-Pesnel, Gavrus, Grainville-sur-Odon, Hottot-les-Bagues, Juvigny-sur-Seulles, Le Locheur, Le Mesnil-Patry, Missy, Mondrainville, Monts-en-Bessin, Noyers-Bocage, Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Saint-Vaast-sur-Seulles, Tilly-sur-Seulles, Tourville-sur-Odon and Vendes.
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 Tessel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tessel