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Caen

Travel Guide Europe France Normandie Caen

Introduction

Caen Rathaus

Caen is a city in the French region of Normandie and the capital of Lower Normandy. The city has around 110,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities in Normandie, together with Le Havre and Rouen.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

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Getting There

By Plane

Caen – Carpiquet Airport (CFR) has flights with Brit Air to Lyon and Nice and with Chalair to Paris.

By Train

Caen is a stop on the route Paris-Cherbourg and there are services to Le Mans and and Rennes as well.

By Car

Caen is connected to the rest of France by motorways to Paris (A13), Bretagne (A84) and to Le Mans (A88–A28). The N13 connects Caen to Cherbourg and to Paris.

By Bus

By Boat

Portsmouth - Caen with P&O Ferries and Brittany Ferries.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Inter Hotel Le savoy	106 Rue de Falaise	hostel	100

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.

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