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Bayeux Tapestry Museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
22 km · about 25 min drive
Normandy, France · Europe
Villers-Bocage works well as a base: 15 minutes from Aunay-sur-Odon, 29km from D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514).
Villers-Bocage is a town located in Normandy, France. With a population of 3,025, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Villers-Bocage 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 Villers-Bocage to your route.
The Canton of Villers-Bocage is a former canton situated in the department of Calvados and in the Lower Normandy region of northern France. It had 10,613 inhabitants (2012). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
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Villers-Bocage is located in Normandy, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.0796 latitude, -0.6541 longitude.
Villers-Bocage has a population of approximately 3,025 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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.
22 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A miniature Alps of green gorges and rocky bluffs along the River Orne, beloved by drivers and climbers.
24 km · about 30 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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Rows of white marble crosses above Omaha Beach honour the fallen of the 1944 Normandy landings.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
The most fiercely contested D-Day landing beach of June 6, 1944, now a solemn memorial site overlooking the English Channel.
35 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Cratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
43 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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