Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers 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-Jean-Des-Essartiers in Normandy.

Popular places to visit nearby include Vire at 23 km and Bayeux at 27 km.

Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Vire

at 23 km (direction south-south-west)

When you visit Vire be sure to also explore the Route des Gorges de...

See Vire guide

Bayeux

at 27 km (direction north-north-east)

Best known for its world-famous tapestry, Bayeux also has an imposing cathedral...

See Bayeux guide

Creully

at 34 km (direction north-east)

The medieval Chateau de Creully is the highlight in Creully...

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Arromanches

at 36 km (direction north-east)

Arromanches is well known as the town where the Mulberry Harbour was built during...

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Normandy landing beaches

at 37 km (direction north-east)

70 years on and the Normandy Landing Beches still attract thousands of visitors interested...

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Caen

at 37 km (direction east-north-east)

With a castle, two abbeys and an attracive historic centre Caen is a very...

See Caen guide

Coutances

at 46 km (direction west), in the Manche department

Coutances is well known for its impressive cathedral, built in the 113th century...

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Falaise

at 50 km (direction east-south-east)

Best known for its castle, Falaise also has several other interesting monuments in the...

See Falaise guide

Mont-Saint-Michel

Heritage Site at 67 km (direction west-south-west), in the Manche department

No visit to Normandy would be complete without visiting the iconic Abbey and island...

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Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers

Markets in and near Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers

• Torigni-sur-Vire: market Monday (11km)
• Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (14km)
• Aunay-sur-Odon: market Saturday (15km)
• Saint-Lo: market Saturday & Friday (20km)
• Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (21km)
• Le Molay-Littry: market Thursday (22km)
• Vire: market Friday (23km)
• Thury-Harcourt: market Tuesday (27km)
• Bayeux: market Wednesday & Saturday (28km)
• Marigny: market Wednesday (30km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers, France

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

Regional Natural Parcs

• Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (44km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (18km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (27km)
• Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (30km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (30km)
• Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (33km)
• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (38km)

Remarkable gardens

• Plantbessin (18km)
• Jardins du château de Brécy (33km)
• Argences (43km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Bayeux (28km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Roches de Ham (15km)
• Forêt de Cerisy (16km)
• Forêt de Saint-Sever (29km)
• Rochers des Parcs (31km)
• Prairie (Caen) (37km)
• Jardin des plantes de Caen (38km)
• Baie des Veys (43km)
• Pegasus Bridge (46km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Torigni-sur-Vire (11km)
• Villers-Bocage (14km)
• Villedieu-les-Poeles (36km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Domjean (16km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Jurques (8km)
• Parc zoologique de Champrepus (43km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers is in the north of France at 37 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers is 234 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 15 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bieville, Cahagnes, Caumont-l'Evente, Dampierre, La Lande-sur-Drome, La Vacquerie, Lamberville, Le Perron, Les Loges, Placy-Montaigu, Saint-Martin-Des-Besaces, Saint-Ouen-Des-Besaces, Saint-Pierre-du-Fresne, Sept-Vents and Vidouville.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers