Vaux-sur-Aure travel guide
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Visit Vaux-sur-Aure: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaux-sur-Aure is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 28 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Vaux-sur-Aure is 228 km from Paris and 258 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 3 km from Vaux-sur-Aure
Popular places to visit near Vaux-sur-Aure: these include Bayeux at 3 km and Arromanches at 7 km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Vaux-sur-Aure, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaux-sur-Aure
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vaux-sur-Aure.
Note that all distances from Vaux-sur-Aure shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaux-sur-Aure holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaux-sur-Aure (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 Vaux-sur-Aure and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (10km) : Plantbessin (13km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (10km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (10km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (10km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (20km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (42km) : Domjean (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaux-sur-Aure & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaux-sur-Aure
Canton: Ryes
Arrondissement: Bayeux
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14400
Distance to Vaux-sur-Aure
from Caen: 28 km
from Paris: 228 km
from Calais: 258 km
from Nice: 871 km
from Bordeaux: 496 km
from Strasbourg: 622 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 23 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vaux-sur-Aure): Arromanches, Barbeville, Bayeux, Commes, Cussy, Gueron, Longues-sur-Mer, Magny-en-Bessin, Maisons, Manvieux, Monceaux-en-Bessin, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Ranchy, Ryes, Saint-Loup-Hors, Saint-Martin-Des-Entrees, Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, Sommervieu, Sully, Tour-en-Bessin, Tracy-sur-Mer, Vaucelles and Vaux-sur-Seulles.
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 Vaux-sur-Aure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaux-sur-Aure