Coutances tourism and travel guide

Visit Coutances: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: Coutances is well known for its impressive cathedral, built in the 113th century
Coutances is situated in the Manche department and Normandy region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Coutances. For detailed visitor information see the Coutances travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Coutances include "town of art and history".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Coutances in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Granville at 26 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 46 km.
Coutances, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Lessay abbey
Abbey at 20 km (direction north-north-west)The abbey church at Lessay is an important example of roman style...
See Lessay abbey guide

Granville
Seaside resort at 26 km (direction south-west)Granville is best known for its long sandy beach, and the 19th...
See Granville guide

Mont-Saint-Michel
Heritage Site at 46 km (direction south)No visit to Normandy would be complete without visiting the iconic Abbey...
See Mont-Saint-Michel guide

Vire
at 47 km (direction east-south-east), in the Calvados departmentWhen you visit Vire be sure to also explore the Route des...
See Vire guide

Cancale
at 50 km (direction south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentCancale is the perfect place to try the famous Brittany oysters, fresh...
See Cancale guide

Normandy landing beaches
at 54 km (direction east-north-east), in the Calvados department70 years on and the Normandy Landing Beches still attract thousands of...
See Normandy landing beaches guide

Emerald Coast
at 61 km (direction south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe Emerald Coast in northern Brittany is extremely popular with visitors and...
See Emerald Coast guide

Saint-Malo
at 61 km (direction south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentWe were pleased to discover that Saint-Malo, often considered a ferry port,...
See Saint-Malo guide

Dinard Pointe du Moulinet
at 63 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe Pointe du Moulinet in Dinard is visited for the imposing neo-gothic...
See Dinard Pointe du Moulinet guide

Dinard Pointe de la Malouine
at 64 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe Pointe de la Malouine in Dinard is a promontory west of...
See Dinard Pointe de la Malouine guide

Dinard
at 65 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentDinard, estblished as a fashionable resort in the 19th century, is still...
See Dinard guide

Saint-Lunaire
Seaside resort at 67 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentSaint-Lunaire is a small resort, established west of Dinard in the 19th...
See Saint-Lunaire guide

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer
Seaside resort at 69 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe resort of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer is an attractive destination with lovely views, several...
See Saint-Briac-sur-Mer guide
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Hotels in Coutances
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Markets in and near Coutances
Market days in Coutances: weekly market: Thursday & Saturday;
- Coutances: market Thursday & Saturday (0km)
- Agon-Coutainville: market Tuesday & Saturday (11km)
- Gouville-sur-Mer: market Monday - seasonal market only (11km)
- Gouville-sur-Mer: market Friday (11km)
- Periers: market Saturday (15km)
- Marigny: market Wednesday (16km)
- Gavray: market Saturday (17km)
- Brehal: market Tuesday & Sunday (18km)
- Granville: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (26km)
- Saint-Lo: market Saturday & Friday (27km)
More information about Coutances, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Coutances, France
What to do at Coutances? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Coutances.
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Granville (26km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (30km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (41km)
Remarkable gardens
- Argences (5km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Roches de Ham (30km)
- Chausey (33km)
- Forêt de Saint-Sever (39km)
- Baie des Veys (43km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (43km)
- Île des Landes (47km)
- Pointe du Grouin (47km)
- Île des Rimains (49km)
- Île du Guesclin (51km)
- Côte de Cancale à Paramé (52km)
- Île Besnard (55km)
- Havre de Rothéneuf (55km)
- Pointe de la Varde (57km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villedieu-les-Poeles (29km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (34km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Domjean (31km)
- Saint-Malo (61km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Champrepus (26km)
Geography and distances
Coutances is in the north of France at 27 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Coutances is 278 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Coutances
from Saint-Lo (prefecture): 27 km
from Paris: 278 km
from Calais: 317 km
from Nice: 894 km
from Bordeaux: 473 km
from Strasbourg: 675 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Coutances from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 15 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Ancteville, Brainville, Bricqueville-la-Blouette, Cambernon, Courcy, Gratot, Heugueville-sur-Sienne, La Vendelee, Montchaton, Monthuchon, Nicorps, Orval, Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances, Saussey and Servigny.
This page in French: Visiter Coutances
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