Cabourg tourism and travel guide
Visit Cabourg: highlights and tourist information
France This Way comment: One time favourite of Marcel Proust, Cabourg has one of the longest and active beaches in the region
Cabourg is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Cabourg. For detailed visitor information see the Cabourg travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Cabourg include "ville fleurie 4*".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Cabourg in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Houlgate at 3 km and Villers-sur-Mer at 9 km.
Cabourg, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Dives-sur-Mer
at 1 km (direction east)In the 'Village of William the Conqueror' at Dives-sur-Mer artisans and artists are brought...
See Dives-sur-Mer guide
Houlgate
Seaside resort at 3 km (direction east-north-east)The beach is certainly the main attraction at Houlgate, and there are also some...
See Houlgate guide
Villers-sur-Mer
Seaside resort at 9 km (direction east-north-east)Villers-sur-Mer is one of several friendly beach resorts along the Normandy coast...
See Villers-sur-Mer guide
Beuvron
Most Beautiful Village at 12 km (direction south-east)Part of the Normandy Cider Route, Beuvron has lots of half-timberd houses and is...
See Beuvron guide
Deauville
Seaside resort at 16 km (direction east-north-east)The resort of Deauville, established in the 19th century, is still one of the...
See Deauville guide
Trouville
Seaside resort at 17 km (direction east-north-east)The long established resort at Trouville has retained lots of its 19th century villas,...
See Trouville guide
Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge
Garden at 19 km (direction south-east)The gardens of the Pays d'Auge are a beautiful mature garden set around a...
See Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge guide
Cambremer
at 19 km (direction south-east)Cambremer is a very picturesque small village, ideally explored as part of the Normandy...
See Cambremer guide
Caen
at 22 km (direction west-south-west)With a castle, two abbeys and an attracive historic centre Caen is a very...
See Caen guide
Villerville
Seaside resort at 22 km (direction east-north-east)Less popular than neighbours Deauville and Trouville, the resort at Villerville also has a...
See Villerville guide
Chateau de Boutemont
Castle at 27 km (direction east-south-east)Beautiful chateau and gardens in the Calvados department of Normandy...
See Chateau de Boutemont guide
Le Havre
at 28 km (direction north-east), in the Seine-Maritime departmentLe Havre centre is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, for the concrete...
See Le Havre guide
Honfleur
at 29 km (direction east-north-east)There are lots of interesting things to see in Honfleur - if you can...
See Honfleur guide
Lisieux
at 30 km (direction east-south-east)The painstaking rebuilding of Lisieux since the war has gone a long way to...
See Lisieux guide
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Markets in and near Cabourg
Market days in Cabourg: seasonal market: Thursday & Monday & Saturday; weekly market: Wednesday & Tuesday & Sunday & Friday;
- Cabourg: market Thursday & Monday & Saturday - seasonal market only (0km)
- Cabourg: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (0km)
- Dives-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (1km)
- Houlgate: market Thursday (3km)
- Villers-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (9km)
- Ouistreham: market Wednesday & Saturday - seasonal market only (10km)
- Ouistreham: market Thursday & Sunday & Friday (10km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (12km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Friday (12km)
- Troarn: market Saturday (13km)
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Tourist attractions near Cabourg, France
What to do at Cabourg? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Cabourg.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (12km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Honfleur (29km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (21km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (32km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (34km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (34km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (43km)
Remarkable gardens
- Boutemont (27km)
- Jardins du château de Brécy (32km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (33km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Bayeux (43km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Pegasus Bridge (12km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (21km)
- Prairie (Caen) (22km)
- Rochers des Parcs (49km)
Towns of Art and history
- Le Havre (28km)
- Orbec (48km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (45km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Touques (17km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lisieux (33km)
Geography and distances
Cabourg is in the north of France at 22 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Cabourg is 186 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Cabourg
from Caen (prefecture): 22 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 232 km
from Nice: 839 km
from Bordeaux: 496 km
from Strasbourg: 580 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Cabourg from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Brucourt, Cricqueville-en-Auge, Dives-sur-Mer, Gonneville-en-Auge, Gonneville-sur-Mer, Grangues, Houlgate, Periers-en-Auge, Petiville and Varaville.
This page in French: Visiter Cabourg