Le Detroit tourism and travel guide
Visit Le Detroit: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsLe Detroit is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 35 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Le Detroit is 197 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Falaise at 12 km and Argentan at 28 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Le Detroit, 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 Le Detroit 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 Le Detroit
Markets in and near Le Detroit
- Falaise: market Saturday (11km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market Thursday (15km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market Tuesday (16km)
- Briouze: market Monday (19km)
- Flers: market Wednesday & Saturday (21km)
- Aunay-sur-Odon: market Saturday (27km)
- Argentan: market Tuesday & Friday (27km)
- Trun: market Thursday (28km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market Monday (29km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market Sunday (31km)
More information about Le Detroit, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Le Detroit, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Le Detroit.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (42km)
National Monuments
- Carrouges Chateau (37km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Normandie-Maine (43km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (35km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (47km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (47km)
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (56km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (24km)
- Sassy (34km)
- Plantbessin (50km)
- Boutemont (55km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Rochers des Parcs (10km)
- Prairie (Caen) (34km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (36km)
- Pegasus Bridge (42km)
- Signal d'Écouves (45km)
- Forêt d'Écouves (47km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (53km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (33km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Fraimbault (49km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Jurques (33km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Le Detroit
from Caen (prefecture): 35 km
from Paris: 197 km
from Calais: 280 km
from Nice: 819 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 594 km
Getting here
Le Detroit 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 Le Detroit from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 19 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Breel, Cossesseville, Fourneaux-le-Val, La Pommeraye, Le Mesnil-Villement, Leffard, Les IsLes Bardel, Les Loges-Saulces, Martigny-sur-l'Ante, Menil-Hermei, Menil-Hubert-sur-Orne, Menil-Vin, Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais, Pierrepont, Pont-d'Ouilly, Rapilly, Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne, Segrie-Fontaine and Treprel.
This page in French: Visiter Le Detroit
