Saint-Desir tourism and travel guide
Photo is of Lisieux at 1 km from Saint-Desir
Visit Saint-Desir: highlights and tourist information
Saint-Desir 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 Saint-Desir in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Lisieux at 1 km and Lisieux Basilica at 2 km.
Saint-Desir, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
Lisieux
at 1 km (direction east-north-east)The painstaking rebuilding of Lisieux since the war has gone a long way to...
See Lisieux guide
Lisieux Basilica
Church at 2 km (direction east)The basilica in Lisieux is a 20th century church built in tribute to Saint-Therese,...
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Chateau de Boutemont
Castle at 5 km (direction east)Beautiful chateau and gardens in the Calvados department of Normandy...
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Cambremer
at 12 km (direction 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 12 km (direction 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 19 km (direction west-north-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 26 km (direction 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 26 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 27 km (direction north-north-west)The long established resort at Trouville has retained lots of its 19th century villas,...
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Houlgate
Seaside resort at 27 km (direction west-north-west)The beach is certainly the main attraction at Houlgate, and there are also some...
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Dives-sur-Mer
at 28 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 29 km (direction west-north-west)One time favourite of Marcel Proust, Cabourg has one of the longest and active...
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Villerville
Seaside resort at 30 km (direction north-north-west)Less popular than neighbours Deauville and Trouville, the resort at Villerville also has a...
See Villerville guide
Honfleur
at 31 km (direction north-north-west)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 Saint-Desir
Markets in and near Saint-Desir
- Lisieux: market Saturday all day (1km)
- Pont-L'Eveque: market Monday (16km)
- Cormeilles: market Friday (17km)
- Thiberville: market Monday (18km)
- Orbec: market Wednesday (19km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market Sunday (22km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market Monday (22km)
- Beuzeville: market Tuesday (25km)
- Villers-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (25km)
- Blonville-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (26km)
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Tourist attractions near Saint-Desir, France
What to do at Saint-Desir? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Desir.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Beuvron (19km)
National Monuments
- Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (38km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Honfleur (31km)
- Pont-Audemer (32km)
- Argentan (47km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (42km)
- Abbaye de Jumièges (Jumieges) (55km)
Remarkable gardens
- Boutemont (5km)
- Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (27km)
- Arboretum d'Harcourt (42km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Pegasus Bridge (37km)
- Prairie (Caen) (42km)
- Jardin des plantes de Caen (43km)
Towns of Art and history
- Orbec (19km)
- Le Havre (40km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Touques (24km)
- Cabourg (29km)
- Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (47km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lisieux (9km)
Geography and distances
Saint-Desir is in the north of France at 42 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Saint-Desir is 159 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Saint-Desir
from Caen (prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 159 km
from Calais: 233 km
from Nice: 811 km
from Bordeaux: 482 km
from Strasbourg: 555 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Saint-Desir from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 15 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beuvillers, Fauguernon, Glos, Hermival-les-Vaux, La Boissiere, Le Mesnil-Eudes, Le Mesnil-Guillaume, Le Pre-d'Auge, Lisieux, Manerbe, Ouilly-le-Vicomte, Rocques, Saint-Jean-de-Livet, Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue and Saint-Pierre-Des-Ifs.
This page in French: Visiter Saint-Desir