Rucqueville tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Creully at 5 km from Rucqueville
Visit Rucqueville: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsRucqueville is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 18 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Rucqueville is 218 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Creully at 5 km and Bayeux at 9 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Rucqueville, 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 Rucqueville 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 Rucqueville
Markets in and near Rucqueville
- Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (9km)
- Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (10km)
- Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (13km)
- Douvres-la-Delivrande: market Thursday (16km)
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market Thursday (16km)
- Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (19km)
- Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (20km)
- Herouville-Saint-Clair: market Wednesday (20km)
- Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (21km)
- Mondeville: market Thursday (21km)
More information about Rucqueville, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Rucqueville, France
What to do at Rucqueville? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Rucqueville.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (40km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (0km)
- Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (0km)
- Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (3km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (9km)
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (18km)
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (26km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du château de Brécy (3km)
- Plantbessin (16km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (47km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Bayeux (10km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (17km)
- Prairie (Caen) (18km)
- Pegasus Bridge (23km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (23km)
- Rochers des Parcs (39km)
- Roches de Ham (42km)
- Baie des Veys (42km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villers-Bocage (20km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (38km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cabourg (34km)
- Domjean (44km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Jurques (31km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Rucqueville
from Caen (prefecture): 18 km
from Paris: 218 km
from Calais: 256 km
from Nice: 861 km
from Bordeaux: 491 km
from Strasbourg: 613 km
Getting here
Rucqueville 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 Rucqueville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 28 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Audrieu, Bazenville, Brouay, Carcagny, Chouain, Colombiers-sur-Seulles, Conde-sur-Seulles, Coulombs, Creully, Cully, Ducy-Sainte-Marguerite, Esquay-sur-Seulles, Lantheuil, Le Manoir, Loucelles, Magny-en-Bessin, Martragny, Nonant, Putot-en-Bessin, Ryes, Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne, Secqueville-en-Bessin, Sommervieu, Tierceville, Vaux-sur-Seulles, Vienne-en-Bessin and Villiers-le-Sec.
This page in French: Visiter Rucqueville
