Carcagny tourism and travel guide
Visit Carcagny: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsCarcagny is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 19 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Carcagny is 221 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Bayeux at 7 km and Creully at 8 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Carcagny, 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 Carcagny 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 Carcagny
Markets in and near Carcagny
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (7km)
- Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (8km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (16km)
- Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (18km)
- Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (18km)
- Douvres-la-Delivrande: market Thursday (19km)
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market Thursday (20km)
- Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (20km)
- Herouville-Saint-Clair: market Wednesday (22km)
- Mondeville: market Thursday (23km)
More information about Carcagny, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Carcagny, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Carcagny.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (42km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (3km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (3km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (6km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (7km)
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (20km)
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (23km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Brécy (6km)
- Plantbessin (13km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (48km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Bayeux (8km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (19km)
- Prairie (Caen) (20km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (20km)
- Pegasus Bridge (25km)
- Rochers des Parcs (38km)
- Roches de Ham (39km)
- Baie des Veys (41km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (18km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (35km)
- Villedieu-les-Poeles (63km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cabourg (37km)
- Domjean (41km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Jurques (28km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Carcagny
from Caen (prefecture): 19 km
from Paris: 221 km
from Calais: 260 km
from Nice: 862 km
from Bordeaux: 489 km
from Strasbourg: 616 km
Getting here
Carcagny 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 Carcagny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 27 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Audrieu, Brouay, Buceels, Chouain, Conde-sur-Seulles, Coulombs, Creully, Cristot, Ducy-Sainte-Marguerite, Ellon, Esquay-sur-Seulles, Juaye-Mondaye, Le Manoir, Le Mesnil-Patry, Loucelles, Martragny, Monceaux-en-Bessin, Nonant, Putot-en-Bessin, Rucqueville, Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, Saint-Martin-Des-Entrees, Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne, Vaux-sur-Seulles, Vienne-en-Bessin and Villiers-le-Sec.
This page in French: Visiter Carcagny
