An easily accessible destination in the heart of Normandy!
The Caen la mer region benefits from a diverse range of high-quality transport infrastructure.
Whether by air, sea, road, or rail, all roads lead to Caen.
Just two hours from Paris, Caen is the ideal base from which to explore Normandy.
Once you’re here, get around with complete freedom thanks to transport solutions tailored to your needs: buses, trams, trains, bicycles, electric shuttles…
Get go to Caen la mer
By car
Caen la mer’s road network is based on a ring raod (27 km) and 16 interchanges connected to 3 freeways (A13-A84-A88) et 1 national road (N13).
- A13 : Paris – Caen (240 km – 2h30)
- A84 (free) : Rennes – Caen (170 km – 1h30)
- A28-A88 : Le Mans – Caen (165 km – 1h45)
- N13 : Cherbourg – Caen (130 km – 1h30)
FLIXBUS and BlaBlaCar : Daily departure frome Paris and other French cities to Caen and Ouistreham Riva-Bella.
TRAVEL TIME BY CAR
Le Havre : …………………………. 1h00
Rouen : …………………………….. 1h30
Le Mans ou Rennes : ……….. 1h45
Paris : ……………………………….. 2h30
Tours ou Angers : …………….. 2h30
Chartres ou Amiens : ………. 2h40
Nantes : …………………………… 3h00
Lille : ………………………………… 3h45
By train
Caen Railway station : 53 rue de la Gare – CAEN
Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen – 2 hours (Paris /Cherbourg Line).
Tél. : 36 35 ou 0800 801 801 ou www.ter.sncf.com/normandie
To get to the railways station to the city centre of Caen : lines T1,T2 et T3 – twisto
By plane
Caen-Carpiquet airport : Route de Caumont – CARPIQUET
Tél : + 33 (0)2 31 71 20 10 – www.caen.aeroport.fr
Caen-Carpiquet airport, the first airport in Normandy, is located 10 minutes from the center of Caen. A regular shuttle bus twisto, line 3, connect Caen city center every 15 minutes.
Throughout the year, the airport offers direct flights to several major French cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse, and during the season, to sunny destinations – See the list of destinations
By ferry
BRITTANY FERRIES : Avenue du Grand large – OUISTREHAM
Tél. : 0(2) 98 24 47 01 – www.brittanyferries.fr
From the Ouistreham ferry terminal, located 15 minutes from Caen, Britanny Ferries company aprovides daily connections between Ouistreham and Portsmouth in England (crossing time : 6 hours). Transfer to London.
Caen – Ouistreham by bus : line 12 – twisto
Search your itinerary with Atoumod
Getting around Caen la mer
Twisto, the Caen la mer urban network
TWISTO : 51 rue de l’Oratoire – 14000 CAEN
Tél : + 33 (0)2 31 15 55 55 – clients@twisto.fr – www.twisto.fr/en
Caen la mer has a very complete public transport network with twisto, for your travels on the territory :
- A Tramway network with 3 distint lines T1, T2, T3 :
– T1 : HEROUVILLE • Saint-Clair > IFS •Jean Vilar
– T2 : CAEN • Campus 2 > CAEN • Presqu’île
– T3 : CAEN • Château-Quatrans > FLEURY • Hauts de l’Orne
- A bus network with 72 bus lines
For your participants, Twisto offers group tickets valid for 1 hour, 24 hours, 48 hours, or 72 hours.
TWISTO also offers other means of transportation :
- A free electric shuttle that serves downtown Caen every 15 minutes .
- A bicycle rental service : Vélolib
Vélolib offers 100% electric shared bikes available 24/7.
- A car-sharing with Twisto Auto, to rent a cars by the hour, by the day.
Download the “Twisto” application on your smartphone, to facilited and optimize your journeys
By taxi or Car with driver
If you need a driver or to rent a car for you transfers (airport – train station) or to reach your destination (congress venue, hotels…), find the list of your private transports here : Transports.
For your participants, book cabs in advance, with the company Taxis Abbeilles.
To order a cab 24/7, download the “Taxis Abbeilles Caen” application.
By tourist coaches
organize the transfers and the movements of your congressmen in tourist coaches with our companies of transport in tourist coaches :
By helicopter
Heli Evenements offers airport transfers. A VIP service between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Normandy allows you to benefit from a welcome at the descent of your plane and a direct transfer by helicopter to your final destination (hotel…).
Stationnement
In Caen, on-street parking is chargeable between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Free on Sundays and public holidays. Find here all the useful information on parking (prices, location of car parks, free zone …), on good parking plans, on electric vehicle charging zones … More information on https://caen.fr/stationnement
Underground car parks
To make your visit easier, the city centre has seven underground car parks (République, Paul Doumer, Gardin, Château, Résistance, Hôtel de Ville, Les Rives de l’Orne) as well as surface car parks (Gare, Courtonne, Plaisance 1 and 2, Presqu’île) close to the main attractions.
Apy your parking remotely with the PayByPhone, Indigo or Flowbird applications
Coach parking
Getting around Normandy
Take advantage of our exceptional central location to discover Normandy: the D-Day beaches, Mont Saint-Michel (…) and other iconic sites.
- To get around, the Nomad Car network allows you to discover Normandy’s iconic sites by bus.
- To organize your visits, find the list of our service providers on our Visits and Excursions and Guides and Agencies pages.
