Longues-sur-Mer tourism and travel guide

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Longues-sur-Mer is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 29 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Longues-sur-Mer is 228 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Arromanches at 5 km and Bayeux at 7 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Longues-sur-Mer, 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 Longues-sur-Mer 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 Longues-sur-Mer

Markets in and near Longues-sur-Mer

• Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
• Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (17km)
• Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (17km)
• Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (18km)
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market Thursday (22km)
• Douvres-la-Delivrande: market Thursday (23km)
• Grandcamp-Maisy: market Sunday (26km)
• Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (28km)
• Isigny-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (29km)
• Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (30km)

More information about Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Longues-sur-Mer, France

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

Heritage sites

• Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (50km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Barfleur (56km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (44km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (7km)
• Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (11km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (12km)
• Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (12km)
• Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (23km)
• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (29km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Brécy (11km)
• Plantbessin (16km)
• Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (59km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Bayeux (6km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de Cerisy (22km)
• Jardin des plantes de Caen (28km)
• Prairie (Caen) (29km)
• Pegasus Bridge (32km)
• Baie des Veys (33km)
• Roches de Ham (43km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Villers-Bocage (28km)
• Torigni-sur-Vire (40km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Cabourg (42km)
• Domjean (46km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Jurques (37km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Longues-sur-Mer 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 Longues-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 15 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Arromanches, Bayeux, Commes, Cussy, Magny-en-Bessin, Maisons, Manvieux, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Ryes, Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, Sommervieu, Sully, Tracy-sur-Mer, Vaucelles and Vaux-sur-Aure.

This page in French: Visiter Longues-sur-Mer