Camembert tourism and travel guide
Visit Camembert: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsCamembert is situated in the Orne department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 52 kilometres from Alencon, the department capital (general information: Camembert is 159 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Haras du Pin at 17 km and Argentan at 22 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Camembert, 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 Camembert in Normandy.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Orne
Map of places to visit near Camembert
Markets in and near Camembert
- Trun: market Thursday (12km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market Monday (21km)
- Orbec: market Wednesday (22km)
- Argentan: market Tuesday & Friday (22km)
- Montreuil-l'Argille: market Tuesday (23km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market Sunday (27km)
- Falaise: market Saturday (28km)
- Lisieux: market Saturday all day (28km)
- Sees: market Saturday (32km)
- Thiberville: market Monday (34km)
More information about Camembert, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Camembert, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Camembert.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (37km)
National Monuments
- Carrouges Chateau (44km)
- Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (54km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Argentan (22km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Normandie-Maine (54km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (51km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (21km)
- Sassy (28km)
- Boutemont (32km)
- Arboretum d'Harcourt (54km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Signal d'Écouves (40km)
- Forêt d'Écouves (40km)
- Prairie (Caen) (51km)
- Pegasus Bridge (51km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (52km)
Towns of Art and history
- Orbec (22km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Tourouvre (48km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cabourg (49km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lisieux (34km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Camembert
from Alencon (prefecture): 52 km
from Paris: 159 km
from Calais: 258 km
from Nice: 793 km
from Bordeaux: 455 km
from Strasbourg: 556 km
Getting here
Camembert is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ferry ports with Caen being especially close, typically within an hours drive. For driving distances to Camembert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 13 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aubry-le-Panthou, Champosoult, Coudehard, Crouttes, Fresnay-le-Samson, Guerquesalles, Le Renouard, Les Champeaux, Mont-Ormel, Neauphe-sur-Dive, Roiville, Survie and Vimoutiers.
This page in French: Visiter Camembert
