Blay tourism and travel guide
Visit Blay: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsBlay is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 36 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Blay is 237 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Bayeux at 10 km and Normandy landing beaches at 12 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Blay, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Blay in Normandy.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Calvados
Map of places to visit near Blay
Markets in and near Blay
- Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (4km)
- Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (9km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (19km)
- Isigny-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (19km)
- Grandcamp-Maisy: market Sunday (20km)
- Saint-Lo: market Saturday & Friday (25km)
- Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (25km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire: market Monday (28km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (29km)
- Carentan: market Monday all day (30km)
More information about Blay, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Blay, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Blay.
Heritage sites
- Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (47km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Barfleur (54km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (33km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (10km)
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (10km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (19km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (19km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (20km)
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (36km)
Remarkable gardens
- Plantbessin (8km)
- Jardins du château de Brécy (20km)
- Argences (52km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Bayeux (9km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Forêt de Cerisy (10km)
- Baie des Veys (25km)
- Roches de Ham (31km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (35km)
- Prairie (Caen) (36km)
- Pegasus Bridge (41km)
- Rochers des Parcs (48km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (25km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (28km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Domjean (34km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Jurques (30km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Blay
from Caen (prefecture): 36 km
from Paris: 237 km
from Calais: 268 km
from Nice: 876 km
from Bordeaux: 493 km
from Strasbourg: 632 km
Getting here
Blay 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 Blay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 19 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Agy, Aignerville, Campigny, Cottun, Crouay, Cussy, Etreham, Le Breuil-en-Bessin, Le Molay-Littry, Le Tronquay, Mandeville-en-Bessin, Mosles, Noron-la-Poterie, Ranchy, Rubercy, Saon, Saonnet, Tour-en-Bessin and Trevieres.
This page in French: Visiter Blay
