The Top 9 Natural Monuments around Caen
Caen’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 9
beautiful natural monuments around Caen. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Caen. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 4, 2025
Bird watching from above!
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The point of Cabourg is of recent formation, because in 1790 the river of Dive led directly to the sea. A littoral cordon formed of sedimentary accumulations sedimentary in edge of sea
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In the municipal park, a beautiful shady garden full of flowers, there is a 19 m whale skeleton of a whale that washed up on the beach in 1885. On …
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From this observatory, you can admire the 50 hectares of the Orne estuary, wild and preserved, and all its birdlife.
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Nice view of the Baie de l'Orne!
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On the coast at Cap Romain there is a reef with fossil sponges, a remnant of a tropical sea from the Jurassic period (vulnerable area, protected as a national nature …
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Les Rochers des Parcs has a fantastic course for running and enjoying these wooded and steep slopes with breathtaking views, especially of the nearby viaduct.
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This viewpoint offers an exceptional panorama of the Isles-Bardel dam and the surrounding countryside. Enjoy the beauty of nature and the engineering marvel that is the dam in this unique location in Normandy.
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The firm sand trails along the drainage flet are bikable to the edge of the tidal Orne river, a great place to observe the seals basking in the sun on the shoal
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