Near Vendes: Château de Monts and other places to visit
Châteaux or heritage sites make up 6 of the 7 places on the list. Vendes itself has none of them. Out of town, Tapisserie de Bayeux is 16 km away.
Around Vendes: where to begin
The rest of the best known are 4 châteaux and a museum.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where each one is
Château de Grainville, 4.9 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Vendes; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
How the list breaks down
6 of the 7 are châteaux or heritage sites, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Vendes. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Full list of places
Look within 5 km of its centre for all 7 places listed.
Nothing is mapped in Vendes itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Well-known places further afield
Tapisserie de Bayeux (16 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
MuseumTapisserie de Bayeux16 km northwest, in Bayeux
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux17 km northwest, in BayeuxMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye Royale aux Hommes17 km east, in CaenAttractionAttractionPont Bailey39 km southwest, in Tessy-Bocage
ChâteauChâteau de Caen18 km east, in CaenAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye aux Dames de Caen19 km east, in CaenMuseumMuseumMémorial de Caen17 km east, in CaenChâteauChâteauChâteau de Balleroy18 km west, in Balleroy-sur-DrômeAttractionAttractionAbbaye d'Ardenne15 km northeast, in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-HerbeAttractionAttractionAbbaye de Mondaye9.5 km northwest, in Juaye-MondayeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Creully16 km north, in Creully sur Seulles
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Caen18 km east, in CaenPlaces within 40 km of Vendes with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Good to know in Vendes
Are there attractions near Vendes?
Nothing is mapped in Vendes itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Monts, Château de Juvigny-sur-Seulles, Musée de la Bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944 and Château de Tilly-sur-Seulles.
Are there museums in or near Vendes?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée de la Bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944.
What well-known places are within a day out of Vendes?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tapisserie de Bayeux (16 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux (17 km), Abbaye Royale aux Hommes (17 km), Pont Bailey (39 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Vendes, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Tapisserie de Bayeux: Myrabella, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux: Ndesmoul, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Caen: Nikater, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen: Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.