Gueron tourism and travel guide

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Gueron is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 26 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Gueron is 227 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Bayeux at 3 km and Arromanches at 12 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Gueron, 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 Gueron 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 Gueron

Markets in and near Gueron

• Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (4km)
• Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (10km)
• Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (12km)
• Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (19km)
• Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (21km)
• Douvres-la-Delivrande: market Thursday (25km)
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market Thursday (25km)
• Aunay-sur-Odon: market Saturday (26km)
• Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (27km)
• Grandcamp-Maisy: market Sunday (29km)

More information about Gueron, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Gueron, France

What to do at Gueron? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Gueron.

Heritage sites

• Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (55km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (43km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (3km)
• Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (9km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (9km)
• Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (11km)
• Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (17km)
• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (27km)

Remarkable gardens

• Plantbessin (8km)
• Jardins du château de Brécy (11km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Bayeux (4km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de Cerisy (14km)
• Jardin des plantes de Caen (26km)
• Prairie (Caen) (26km)
• Pegasus Bridge (32km)
• Baie des Veys (34km)
• Roches de Ham (34km)
• Rochers des Parcs (42km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Villers-Bocage (19km)
• Torigni-sur-Vire (31km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Domjean (37km)
• Cabourg (43km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Jurques (28km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Gueron 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 Gueron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 24 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Agy, Arganchy, Barbeville, Bayeux, Chouain, Conde-sur-Seulles, Cottun, Cussy, Ellon, Juaye-Mondaye, Monceaux-en-Bessin, Nonant, Noron-la-Poterie, Ranchy, Saint-Loup-Hors, Saint-Martin-Des-Entrees, Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, Sommervieu, Subles, Sully, Tour-en-Bessin, Trungy, Vaucelles and Vaux-sur-Aure.

This page in French: Visiter Gueron