Coutances tourism and travel guide

Visit Coutances: highlights and tourist information

France 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.

Tourist classifications for Coutances include "town of art and history".

Popular places to visit nearby include Granville at 26 km and Mont-Saint-Michel at 46 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Coutances, 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 Coutances in Normandy.

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,...

See Granville guide

Mont-Saint-Michel

Heritage Site at 46 km (direction south)

No visit to Normandy would be complete without visiting...

See Mont-Saint-Michel guide

Vire

at 47 km (direction east-south-east), in the Calvados department

When you visit Vire be sure to also explore...

See Vire guide

Cancale

at 50 km (direction south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Cancale is the perfect place to try the famous...

See Cancale guide

Normandy landing beaches

at 54 km (direction east-north-east), in the Calvados department

70 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 department

The 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 department

We 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 department

The Pointe du Moulinet in Dinard is visited for the imposing...

See Dinard Pointe du Moulinet guide

Dinard Pointe de la Malouine

at 64 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The Pointe de la Malouine in Dinard is a promontory...

See Dinard Pointe de la Malouine guide

Dinard

at 65 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Dinard, 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 department

Saint-Lunaire is a small resort, established west of Dinard...

See Saint-Lunaire guide

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 69 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The resort of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer is an attractive destination with...

See Saint-Briac-sur-Mer guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Manche

Map of places to visit near Coutances

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).

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