museum
Bayeux Tapestry Museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Normandy, France · Europe
Fontaine-Étoupefour works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bretteville-sur-Odon, 25km from D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514).
Fontaine-Étoupefour is a town located in Normandy, France. With a population of 1,762, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Fontaine-Étoupefour sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Fontaine-Étoupefour to your route.
Fontaine-Étoupefour (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn etupfuʁ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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Fontaine-Étoupefour is located in Normandy, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.1460 latitude, -0.4552 longitude.
Fontaine-Étoupefour has a population of approximately 1,762 people, making it a town in France.
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museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
23 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.
23 km · about 25 min 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A miniature Alps of green gorges and rocky bluffs along the River Orne, beloved by drivers and climbers.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Rows of white marble crosses above Omaha Beach honour the fallen of the 1944 Normandy landings.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
The most fiercely contested D-Day landing beach of June 6, 1944, now a solemn memorial site overlooking the English Channel.
38 km · about 45 min drive
beach
Glamorous Belle Époque seaside resort with parasol-dotted sands and the famous wooden boardwalk.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Cratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
48 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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