Saint-Omer tourism and travel guide

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Saint-Omer is situated in the Calvados department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 29 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Saint-Omer is 205 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Falaise at 20 km and Caen at 29 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Saint-Omer, 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-Omer 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-Omer

Markets in and near Saint-Omer

• Thury-Harcourt: market Tuesday (7km)
• Conde-sur-Noireau: market Thursday (11km)
• Aunay-sur-Odon: market Saturday (17km)
• Falaise: market Saturday (19km)
• Flers: market Wednesday & Saturday (22km)
• Villers-Bocage: market Wednesday (22km)
• Briouze: market Monday (26km)
• Caen: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (29km)
• Mondeville: market Thursday (29km)
• Tilly-sur-Seulles: market Sunday (30km)

More information about Saint-Omer, Normandy

Tourist attractions near Saint-Omer, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Beuvron (42km)

National Monuments

• Carrouges Chateau (46km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Argentan (38km)
• Domfront (40km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (30km)
• Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (38km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (38km)
• Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (40km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (43km)
• Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (46km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (28km)
• Plantbessin (40km)
• Jardins du château de Brécy (40km)
• Sassy (45km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Bayeux (44km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Rochers des Parcs (2km)
• Prairie (Caen) (28km)
• Jardin des plantes de Caen (30km)
• Pegasus Bridge (38km)
• Forêt de Cerisy (43km)
• Roches de Ham (44km)
• Forêt de Saint-Sever (45km)
• Signal d'Écouves (55km)
• Forêt d'Écouves (57km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Villers-Bocage (22km)
• Torigni-sur-Vire (40km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Domjean (43km)
• Cabourg (47km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Jurques (23km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

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

We have 16 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Angoville, Clecy, Combray, Cossesseville, Culey-le-Patry, Donnay, Esson, La Pommeraye, Le Bo, Le Vey, Meslay, Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais, Placy, Pont-d'Ouilly, Saint-Martin-de-Sallen and Saint-Remy.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Omer