Formentin tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Chateau de Boutemont at 6 km from Formentin
Visit Formentin: highlights and tourist information
Formentin is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Formentin in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Boutemont at 6 km and Cambremer at 8 km.
Formentin, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Chateau de Boutemont
Castle at 6 km (direction east)Beautiful chateau and gardens in the Calvados department of Normandy...
See Chateau de Boutemont guide
Cambremer
at 8 km (direction west-south-west)Cambremer is a very picturesque small village, ideally explored as part of the Normandy...
See Cambremer guide
Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge
Garden at 8 km (direction west-south-west)The gardens of the Pays d'Auge are a beautiful mature garden set around a...
See Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge guide
Lisieux
at 9 km (direction east-south-east)The painstaking rebuilding of Lisieux since the war has gone a long way to...
See Lisieux guide
Lisieux Basilica
Church at 10 km (direction east-south-east)The basilica in Lisieux is a 20th century church built in tribute to Saint-Therese,...
See Lisieux Basilica guide
Beuvron
Most Beautiful Village at 14 km (direction west)Part of the Normandy Cider Route, Beuvron has lots of half-timberd houses and is...
See Beuvron guide
Villers-sur-Mer
Seaside resort at 17 km (direction north-west)Villers-sur-Mer is one of several friendly beach resorts along the Normandy coast...
See Villers-sur-Mer guide
Deauville
Seaside resort at 19 km (direction north-north-west)The resort of Deauville, established in the 19th century, is still one of the...
See Deauville guide
Trouville
Seaside resort at 19 km (direction north-north-west)The long established resort at Trouville has retained lots of its 19th century villas,...
See Trouville guide
Houlgate
Seaside resort at 19 km (direction west-north-west)The beach is certainly the main attraction at Houlgate, and there are also some...
See Houlgate guide
Dives-sur-Mer
at 20 km (direction west-north-west)In the 'Village of William the Conqueror' at Dives-sur-Mer artisans and artists are brought...
See Dives-sur-Mer guide
Cabourg
Seaside resort at 21 km (direction west-north-west)One time favourite of Marcel Proust, Cabourg has one of the longest and active...
See Cabourg guide
Villerville
Seaside resort at 23 km (direction west-north-west)Less popular than neighbours Deauville and Trouville, the resort at Villerville also has a...
See Villerville guide
Honfleur
at 26 km (direction north-north-east)There are lots of interesting things to see in Honfleur - if you can...
See Honfleur guide
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Calvados
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Map of places to visit near Formentin
Markets in and near Formentin
- Lisieux: market Saturday all day (9km)
- Pont-L'Eveque: market Monday (10km)
- Villers-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (17km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (18km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Friday (18km)
- Cormeilles: market Friday (18km)
- Deauville: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (18km)
- Trouville: market Wednesday & Wednesday & Sunday & Sunday (19km)
- Houlgate: market Thursday (20km)
- Dives-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (20km)
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Tourist attractions near Formentin, France
What to do at Formentin? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Formentin.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (14km)
National Monuments
- Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (42km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Honfleur (26km)
- Pont-Audemer (32km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (36km)
Remarkable gardens
- Boutemont (6km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (28km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Pegasus Bridge (31km)
- Prairie (Caen) (37km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (37km)
- Rochers des Parcs (54km)
Towns of Art and history
- Orbec (27km)
- Le Havre (33km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Touques (16km)
- Cabourg (21km)
- Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (45km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lisieux (13km)
Geography and distances
Formentin is in the north of France at 37 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Formentin is 165 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Formentin
from Caen (prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 165 km
from Calais: 230 km
from Nice: 819 km
from Bordeaux: 488 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Formentin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 12 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Annebault, Auvillars, Bonnebosq, Clarbec, Coquainvilliers, La Roque-Baignard, Le Fournet, Le Pre-d'Auge, Le Torquesne, Manerbe, Saint-Ouen-le-Pin and Valseme.
This page in French: Visiter Formentin