Villers-Bocage travel guide
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Visit Villers-Bocage: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villers-Bocage is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 24 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Villers-Bocage is 221 km from Paris and 274 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayeux at 22 km from Villers-Bocage
Popular places to visit near Villers-Bocage: these include Bayeux at 22 km and Creully at 24 km.
Plantbessin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Villers-Bocage: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Listed as a village d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villers-Bocage, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villers-Bocage
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villers-Bocage.
Note that all distances from Villers-Bocage shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villers-Bocage holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villers-Bocage (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 Villers-Bocage and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (17km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (23km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (20km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (20km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (22km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (23km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (24km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (24km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (30km) : Cabourg (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Villers-Bocage & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villers-Bocage
Canton: Villers-Bocage
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14310
Distance to Villers-Bocage
from Caen: 24 km
from Paris: 221 km
from Calais: 274 km
from Nice: 852 km
from Bordeaux: 472 km
from Strasbourg: 617 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villers-Bocage): Amaye-sur-Seulles, Anctoville, Bauquay, Coulvain, Courvaudon, Epinay-sur-Odon, Landes-sur-Ajon, Le Mesnil-Au-Grain, Longvillers, Maisoncelles-Pelvey, Monts-en-Bessin, Noyers-Bocage, Parfouru-sur-Odon, Saint-Agnan-le-Malherbe, Saint-Georges-d'Aunay, Saint-Germain-d'Ectot, Saint-Louet-sur-Seulles, Tournay-sur-Odon, Tracy-Bocage and Villy-Bocage.
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 Villers-Bocage from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villers-Bocage