Normandy, France · Europe
Courseulles-sur-Mer works well as a base: 10 minutes from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, 12km from D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514).
Courseulles-sur-Mer is in Normandy, France, with about 4,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, about 5 km away.
Courseulles-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kuʁsœl syʁ mɛʁ] , lit. 'Courseulles on Sea'), commonly known as Courseulles, is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Until 1957, the town's name was simply Courseulles. It lies 3 km west of Bernières-sur-Mer and 18 km north of Caen.
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popular tourist destination not only with locals but also with international visitors who come to tour the Normandy landing beaches. The population of the town can reach 15,000 people in the summer months owing to the numerous summer homes, owned for the most part by Parisians. The town is split in two by the river Seulles.
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Within an hour or so of Courseulles-sur-Mer: D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514) (12 km), Bayeux Tapestry Museum (19 km), Bayeux Cathedral (19 km), Normandy American Cemetery (29 km).
The nearest famous roads are D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514) and Rouen-Les-Essarts.
Courseulles-sur-Mer is in Normandy, France, about 5 km from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer.
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Full driving guide for France8 notable places within an hour's drive.
coastal drive
The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.
12 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Rows of white marble crosses above Omaha Beach honour the fallen of the 1944 Normandy landings.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
The most fiercely contested D-Day landing beach of June 6, 1944, now a solemn memorial site overlooking the English Channel.
30 km · about 35 min drive
film location
The D-Day beach whose assault opens Saving Private Ryan; the film shot in Ireland but the real site and its memorials are the destination.
31 km · about 35 min drive
beach
Glamorous Belle Époque seaside resort with parasol-dotted sands and the famous wooden boardwalk.
38 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Cratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
39 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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