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Bayeux
Subprefecture and commune in Normandy, France

Bayeux

Bayeux is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Plan a trip to Bayeux→From Beauvais
Get in

Getting to Bayeux

  1. 01
    Gare de Bayeux

    Trains run every couple of hours from Paris Saint-Lazare via Caen, taking 2 hr 20 to Bayeux, and continuing to Lison, Carentan, Valognes and Cherbourg.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Bayeux Tapestry
  2. 02
    Bayeux Cathedral

    Towers over the entire town, and is interesting to circle around outside and explore inside.

  3. 03
    Battle of Normandy Museum
  4. 04
    British Cemetery
  5. 05
    German Military Cemetery
  6. 06
    Reporters' Memorial
Eat

Where to eat

Food can be procured for as little or as much as you wish: the main boulevard through town is lined with boulangeries and even a supermarket near the south end of town. Le Marsala - Pizzeria-Grill Restaurant, rue des Cuisiniers,. Great pizzas at a reasonable price, friendly service. Le Petit Bistrot, 2, rue du bienvenu,. closed Wed.

How locals move

Getting around Bayeux the local way

  • Get inAlternatively, a ferry across the channel will take you in just over three hours from Portsmouth to Ouistreham, the easternmost D-Day target, an ideal starting point.
  • Get inOther ferries go to Cherbourg and Le Havre, nearby though not in the actual landing area.

From Wikivoyage: D-Day beaches, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.