Vassy travel guide
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Visit Vassy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vassy is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 43 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Vassy is 221 km from Paris and 295 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 16 km from Vassy
Popular places to visit near Vassy: these include Vire at 16 km and Domfront at 29 km.
Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 29km and Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 30km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vassy: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vassy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vassy
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vassy.
Note that all distances from Vassy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vassy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vassy (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 Vassy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (40km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (46km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (43km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (43km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (45km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (47km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (30km) : Saint-Fraimbault (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Vassy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vassy
Canton: Vassy
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14410
Distance to Vassy
from Caen: 43 km
from Paris: 221 km
from Calais: 295 km
from Nice: 836 km
from Bordeaux: 447 km
from Strasbourg: 618 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vassy): Bernieres-le-Patry, Caligny, Clairefougere, Estry, La Chapelle-Engerbold, La Rocque, Le Theil-Bocage, Moncy, Pierres, Rully, Saint-Germain-du-Crioult and Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont.
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 Vassy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vassy