Saint-Gabriel-Brecy tourism and travel guide

Visit Saint-Gabriel-Brecy: highlights and tourist information

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Saint-Gabriel-Brecy is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 18 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Saint-Gabriel-Brecy is 217 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Creully at 2 km and Arromanches at 8 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, 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 Saint-Gabriel-Brecy 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 Saint-Gabriel-Brecy

Markets in and near Saint-Gabriel-Brecy

• Courseulles-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (10km)
• Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (11km)
• Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (12km)
• Douvres-la-Delivrande: market Thursday (14km)
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market Thursday (14km)
• Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (19km)
• Herouville-Saint-Clair: market Wednesday (20km)
• Mondeville: market Thursday (21km)
• Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (23km)
• Ouistreham: market Wednesday & Saturday - seasonal market only (23km)

More information about Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Beuvron (39km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (0km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (3km)
• Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (3km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (10km)
• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (18km)
• Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (28km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Brécy (0km)
• Plantbessin (19km)
• Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (48km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Bayeux (11km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Jardin des plantes de Caen (17km)
• Prairie (Caen) (18km)
• Pegasus Bridge (21km)
• Forêt de Cerisy (26km)
• Rochers des Parcs (41km)
• Baie des Veys (43km)
• Roches de Ham (45km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Villers-Bocage (23km)
• Torigni-sur-Vire (41km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Cabourg (32km)
• Domjean (47km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Jurques (34km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Saint-Gabriel-Brecy 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 Saint-Gabriel-Brecy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 26 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amblie, Banville, Bazenville, Carcagny, Colombiers-sur-Seulles, Coulombs, Crepon, Creully, Cully, Ducy-Sainte-Marguerite, Esquay-sur-Seulles, Lantheuil, Le Fresne-Camilly, Le Manoir, Martragny, Meuvaines, Nonant, Rucqueville, Ryes, Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne, Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer, Secqueville-en-Bessin, Tierceville, Vaux-sur-Seulles, Vienne-en-Bessin and Villiers-le-Sec.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Gabriel-Brecy