Le Torquesne tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Chateau de Boutemont at 5 km from Le Torquesne
Visit Le Torquesne: highlights and tourist information
Le Torquesne 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 Le Torquesne in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Boutemont at 5 km and Lisieux at 9 km.
Le Torquesne, 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 5 km (direction east-south-east)Beautiful chateau and gardens in the Calvados department of Normandy...
See Chateau de Boutemont guide
Lisieux
at 9 km (direction 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 south-east)The basilica in Lisieux is a 20th century church built in tribute to Saint-Therese,...
See Lisieux Basilica guide
Cambremer
at 11 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 11 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
Beuvron
Most Beautiful Village at 16 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 west-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 17 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 18 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 20 km (direction west-north-west)The beach is certainly the main attraction at Houlgate, and there are also some...
See Houlgate guide
Villerville
Seaside resort at 21 km (direction west-north-west)Less popular than neighbours Deauville and Trouville, the resort at Villerville also has a...
See Villerville guide
Dives-sur-Mer
at 21 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 22 km (direction west-north-west)One time favourite of Marcel Proust, Cabourg has one of the longest and active...
See Cabourg guide
Honfleur
at 23 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 Le Torquesne
Markets in and near Le Torquesne
- Pont-L'Eveque: market Monday (8km)
- Lisieux: market Saturday all day (9km)
- Cormeilles: market Friday (16km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (17km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Friday (17km)
- Deauville: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (17km)
- Villers-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (17km)
- Trouville: market Wednesday & Wednesday & Sunday & Sunday (18km)
- Beuzeville: market Tuesday (19km)
- Houlgate: market Thursday (20km)
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Tourist attractions near Le Torquesne, France
What to do at Le Torquesne? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Le Torquesne.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (16km)
National Monuments
- Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (40km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Honfleur (23km)
- Pont-Audemer (30km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (38km)
Remarkable gardens
- Boutemont (6km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (31km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Pegasus Bridge (32km)
- Prairie (Caen) (39km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (39km)
Towns of Art and history
- Orbec (28km)
- Le Havre (31km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Touques (15km)
- Cabourg (22km)
- Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (42km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lisieux (11km)
Geography and distances
Le Torquesne is in the north of France at 39 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Le Torquesne is 164 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Le Torquesne
from Caen (prefecture): 39 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 227 km
from Nice: 819 km
from Bordeaux: 490 km
from Strasbourg: 558 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Le Torquesne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 15 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Clarbec, Coquainvilliers, Drubec, Fierville-les-Parcs, Formentin, La Roque-Baignard, Le Breuil-en-Auge, Le Fournet, Manerbe, Manneville-la-Pipard, Norolles, Ouilly-le-Vicomte, Rocques, Saint-Hymer and Valseme.
This page in French: Visiter Le Torquesne