Normandy landing beaches tourism and travel guide

Visit Normandy landing beaches: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: 70 years on and the Normandy Landing Beches still attract thousands of visitors interested in the D-Day landings in 1944.
Normandy landing beaches is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Normandy landing beaches. For detailed visitor information see the Normandy landing beaches travel guide.
Popular places to visit nearby include Arromanches at 20 km and Creully at 27 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Normandy landing beaches, 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 Normandy landing beaches in Normandy.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Bayeux
at 17 km (direction east-south-east)Best known for its world-famous tapestry, Bayeux also has an imposing cathedral...
See Bayeux guide

Arromanches
at 20 km (direction east)Arromanches is well known as the town where the Mulberry Harbour was...
See Arromanches guide

Creully
at 27 km (direction east-south-east)The medieval Chateau de Creully is the highlight in Creully...
See Creully guide

Barfleur
Most Beautiful Village at 42 km (direction north-west), in the Manche departmentBarfleur is listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France' and the...
See Barfleur guide

Caen
at 44 km (direction east-south-east)With a castle, two abbeys and an attracive historic centre Caen is...
See Caen guide

Lessay abbey
Abbey at 50 km (direction west-south-west), in the Manche departmentThe abbey church at Lessay is an important example of roman style...
See Lessay abbey guide

Coutances
at 56 km (direction west-south-west), in the Manche departmentCoutances is well known for its impressive cathedral, built in the 113th...
See Coutances guide
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Calvados
Map of places to visit near Normandy landing beaches
Markets in and near Normandy landing beaches
- Grandcamp-Maisy: market Sunday (11km)
- Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (15km)
- Isigny-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
- Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
- Carentan: market Monday all day (27km)
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (29km)
- Sainte-Mere-Eglise: market Thursday (31km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (32km)
- Saint-Lo: market Saturday & Friday (32km)
- Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue: market Saturday (36km)
Hotels near Normandy landing beaches
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Tourist attractions near Normandy landing beaches, France
What to do at Normandy landing beaches? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Normandy landing beaches.
Heritage sites
- Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tours (Vauban fortifications) (36km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Barfleur (42km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (31km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (18km)
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (20km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (26km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (26km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (26km)
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (44km)
Remarkable gardens
- Plantbessin (20km)
- Jardins du château de Brécy (26km)
- Argences (56km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Bayeux (17km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Baie des Veys (18km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (21km)
- Roches de Ham (40km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (43km)
- Prairie (Caen) (44km)
- Pegasus Bridge (47km)
Towns of Art and history
- Valognes (44km)
- Coutances (56km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (37km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (39km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Domjean (44km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Jurques (43km)
Geography and distances
Normandy landing beaches is in the north of France at 44 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Normandy landing beaches is 243 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Normandy landing beaches
from Caen (prefecture): 44 km
from Paris: 243 km
from Calais: 262 km
from Nice: 886 km
from Bordeaux: 505 km
from Strasbourg: 636 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Normandy landing beaches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Asnieres-en-Bessin, Colleville-sur-Mer, Deux-Jumeaux, Ecrammeville, Englesqueville-la-Percee, Formigny, Longueville, Louvieres, Russy, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Sainte-Honorine-Des-Pertes, Surrain and Vierville-sur-Mer.
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