Villers-sur-Mer tourism and travel guide

Visit Villers-sur-Mer: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Villers-sur-Mer is one of several friendly beach resorts along the Normandy coast

Villers-sur-Mer 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 Villers-sur-Mer in Normandy.

Popular places to visit nearby include Deauville at 7 km and Dives-sur-Mer at 8 km.

Villers-sur-Mer, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Houlgate

Seaside resort at 5 km (direction west-south-west)

The beach is certainly the main attraction at Houlgate, and there are...

See Houlgate guide

Deauville

Seaside resort at 7 km (direction east-north-east)

The resort of Deauville, established in the 19th century, is still one...

See Deauville guide

Dives-sur-Mer

at 8 km (direction west-south-west)

In the 'Village of William the Conqueror' at Dives-sur-Mer artisans and artists...

See Dives-sur-Mer guide

Trouville

Seaside resort at 8 km (direction east-north-east)

The long established resort at Trouville has retained lots of its 19th...

See Trouville guide

Cabourg

Seaside resort at 9 km (direction west-south-west)

One time favourite of Marcel Proust, Cabourg has one of the longest...

See Cabourg guide

Villerville

Seaside resort at 13 km (direction east-north-east)

Less popular than neighbours Deauville and Trouville, the resort at Villerville also...

See Villerville guide

Beuvron

Most Beautiful Village at 15 km (direction south-south-west)

Part of the Normandy Cider Route, Beuvron has lots of half-timberd houses...

See Beuvron guide

Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge

Garden at 19 km (direction south-south-east)

The gardens of the Pays d'Auge are a beautiful mature garden set...

See Les Jardins du Pays d'Auge guide

Cambremer

at 19 km (direction south-south-east)

Cambremer is a very picturesque small village, ideally explored as part of...

See Cambremer guide

Le Havre

at 20 km (direction north-north-east), in the Seine-Maritime department

Le Havre centre is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, for...

See Le Havre guide

Honfleur

at 21 km (direction east-north-east)

There are lots of interesting things to see in Honfleur - if...

See Honfleur guide

Chateau de Boutemont

Castle at 22 km (direction east-south-east)

Beautiful chateau and gardens in the Calvados department of Normandy...

See Chateau de Boutemont guide

Lisieux

at 26 km (direction south-east)

The painstaking rebuilding of Lisieux since the war has gone a long...

See Lisieux guide

Lisieux Basilica

Church at 27 km (direction south-east)

The basilica in Lisieux is a 20th century church built in tribute...

See Lisieux Basilica guide

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Map of places to visit near Villers-sur-Mer

Markets in and near Villers-sur-Mer

Market days in Villers-sur-Mer: weekly market: Tuesday & Friday;

• Villers-sur-Mer: market Tuesday & Friday (0km)
• Blonville-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (3km)
• Blonville-sur-Mer: market Friday (3km)
• Houlgate: market Thursday (6km)
• Deauville: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (7km)
• Dives-sur-Mer: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (8km)
• Trouville: market Wednesday & Wednesday & Sunday & Sunday (8km)
• Cabourg: market Thursday & Monday & Saturday - seasonal market only (9km)
• Cabourg: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (9km)
• Pont-L'Eveque: market Monday (14km)

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Tourist attractions near Villers-sur-Mer, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Beuvron (15km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Honfleur (21km)
• Pont-Audemer (38km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (30km)
• Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (41km)
• Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (42km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (42km)

Remarkable gardens

• Boutemont (23km)
• Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (37km)
• Jardins du château de Brécy (41km)
• Jardin d'art et d'essais (60km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Pegasus Bridge (21km)
• Jardin des plantes de Caen (30km)
• Prairie (Caen) (31km)
• Falaises d'Etretat (46km)

Towns of Art and history

• Le Havre (20km)
• Orbec (45km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Touques (8km)
• Cabourg (9km)
• Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (46km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lisieux (28km)

Geography and distances

Villers-sur-Mer is in the north of France at 30 kilometres from Caen, the department capital (general information: Villers-sur-Mer is 179 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 Villers-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Auberville, Benerville-sur-Mer, Blonville-sur-Mer, Bourgeauville, Branville, Deauville, Glanville, Gonneville-sur-Mer, Heuland, Houlgate, Saint-Pierre-Azif, Saint-Vaast-en-Auge, Tourgeville and Vauville.

This page in French: Visiter Villers-sur-Mer