Barou-en-Auge tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Falaise at 12 km from Barou-en-Auge
Visit Barou-en-Auge: highlights and tourist information
Barou-en-Auge is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Barou-en-Auge in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Falaise at 12 km and Argentan at 21 km.
Barou-en-Auge, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Falaise
at 12 km (direction west-south-west)Best known for its castle, Falaise also has several other interesting monuments in the...
See Falaise guide
Argentan
at 21 km (direction south), in the Orne departmentDespite extensive war time damage Argentan has retained several sites of interest...
See Argentan guide
Cambremer
at 25 km (direction north-north-east)Cambremer is a very picturesque small village, ideally explored as part of the Normandy...
See Cambremer guide
Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge
Garden at 25 km (direction north-north-east)The gardens of the Pays d'Auge are a beautiful mature garden set around a...
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Haras du Pin
at 26 km (direction south-east), in the Orne departmentThe Haras du Pin is the oldest of the national horse training centres in...
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Beuvron
Most Beautiful Village at 28 km (direction south-east)Part of the Normandy Cider Route, Beuvron has lots of half-timberd houses and is...
See Beuvron guide
Lisieux Basilica
Church at 31 km (direction north-east)The basilica in Lisieux is a 20th century church built in tribute to Saint-Therese,...
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Lisieux
at 31 km (direction north-east)The painstaking rebuilding of Lisieux since the war has gone a long way to...
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Chateau de Boutemont
Castle at 35 km (direction north-east)Beautiful chateau and gardens in the Calvados department of Normandy...
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Caen
at 37 km (direction north-west)With a castle, two abbeys and an attracive historic centre Caen is a very...
See Caen guide
Sees
at 40 km (direction south-south-east), in the Orne departmentThe cathedral is the famous attraction at Sees, but there are other sites of...
See Sees guide
Dives-sur-Mer
at 40 km (direction south-south-east)In the 'Village of William the Conqueror' at Dives-sur-Mer artisans and artists are brought...
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Cabourg
Seaside resort at 40 km (direction north-north-west)One time favourite of Marcel Proust, Cabourg has one of the longest and active...
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Houlgate
Seaside resort at 41 km (direction north-north-west)The beach is certainly the main attraction at Houlgate, and there are also some...
See Houlgate guide
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Map of places to visit near Barou-en-Auge
Markets in and near Barou-en-Auge
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market Monday (10km)
- Trun: market Thursday (11km)
- Falaise: market Saturday (12km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market Sunday (16km)
- Argentan: market Tuesday & Friday (21km)
- Troarn: market Saturday (30km)
- Lisieux: market Saturday all day (31km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market Tuesday (32km)
- Mondeville: market Thursday (34km)
- Orbec: market Wednesday (34km)
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Tourist attractions near Barou-en-Auge, France
What to do at Barou-en-Auge? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Barou-en-Auge.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (28km)
National Monuments
- Carrouges Chateau (42km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (36km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (54km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (54km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (54km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (7km)
- Sassy (30km)
- Boutemont (34km)
- Jardins du château de Brécy (54km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Rochers des Parcs (31km)
- Prairie (Caen) (36km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (37km)
- Pegasus Bridge (38km)
- Signal d'Écouves (43km)
- Forêt d'Écouves (44km)
Towns of Art and history
- Orbec (34km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (47km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cabourg (40km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lisieux (38km)
Geography and distances
Barou-en-Auge is in the north of France at 37 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Barou-en-Auge is 175 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Barou-en-Auge
from Caen (prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 175 km
from Calais: 262 km
from Nice: 808 km
from Bordeaux: 457 km
from Strasbourg: 572 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Barou-en-Auge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 13 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beaumais, Bernieres-d'Ailly, Courcy, Damblainville, Fresne-la-Mere, Jort, Le Marais-la-Chapelle, Les Moutiers-en-Auge, Louvagny, Morteaux-Couliboeuf, Norrey-en-Auge, Vaudeloges and Vicques.
This page in French: Visiter Barou-en-Auge