Fontaine-Etoupefour tourism and travel guide
Visit Fontaine-Etoupefour: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsFontaine-Etoupefour is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 7 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Fontaine-Etoupefour is 207 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Caen at 7 km and Creully at 16 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Fontaine-Etoupefour, 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 Fontaine-Etoupefour 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 Fontaine-Etoupefour
Markets in and near Fontaine-Etoupefour
- Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (8km)
- Mondeville: market Thursday (10km)
- Herouville-Saint-Clair: market Wednesday (12km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (13km)
- Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (16km)
- Douvres-la-Delivrande: market Thursday (17km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market Tuesday (18km)
- Aunay-sur-Odon: market Saturday (19km)
- Troarn: market Saturday (20km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (20km)
More information about Fontaine-Etoupefour, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Fontaine-Etoupefour, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Fontaine-Etoupefour.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (30km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Argentan (55km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (8km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (15km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (15km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (16km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (23km)
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (35km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Brécy (17km)
- Plantbessin (26km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (33km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Bayeux (24km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Prairie (Caen) (7km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (8km)
- Pegasus Bridge (17km)
- Rochers des Parcs (26km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (32km)
- Roches de Ham (45km)
- Forêt de Saint-Sever (56km)
Towns of Art and history
- Le Havre (55km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (16km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (41km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cabourg (29km)
- Domjean (46km)
- Touques (46km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Jurques (27km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Fontaine-Etoupefour
from Caen (prefecture): 7 km
from Paris: 207 km
from Calais: 259 km
from Nice: 846 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
Getting here
Fontaine-Etoupefour 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 Fontaine-Etoupefour from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 23 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Avenay, Baron-sur-Odon, Bougy, Bretteville-sur-Odon, Carpiquet, Cheux, Esquay-Notre-Dame, Eterville, Evrecy, Feuguerolles-Bully, Gavrus, Grainville-sur-Odon, Louvigny, Maltot, May-sur-Orne, Mondrainville, Mouen, Saint-Andre-sur-Orne, Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, Tourville-sur-Odon, Verson and Vieux.
This page in French: Visiter Fontaine-Etoupefour
