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Bretteville-Sur-Laize

Ouistreham Lighthouse – Route des Marais loop from Caen

Bretteville-Sur-Laize

Ouistreham Lighthouse – Route des Marais loop from Caen

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Ouistreham Lighthouse – Route des Marais loop from Caen

03:50

93.3km

390m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 16, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 34.2 km for 127 m

After 36.2 km for 103 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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14.9 km

Viewpoint

18.9 km

Viewpoint overlooking the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen

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34.2 km

Ouistreham Lighthouse

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The light beam of the 30 m high lighthouse has a range of 35 km. The top (171 steps) offers a beautiful view over the fishing and marina.

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36.2 km

Kieffer Commando Memorial (La Flamme), Ouistreham

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Kieffer Commando's Monument:
In a beautiful park on the coast is this monument of the No. 4 Commandos of Lt. Kieffer, who came ashore in the early morning of June …

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36.3 km

Ouistreham Beach Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Memorial to the French soldiers who captured the Wehrmacht bunkers on D-Day. It's a great place to combine with a beach walk.

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44.4 km

Whale Museum

Highlight • Monument

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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46.3 km

Tribute to the 48th Royal Marines Commando

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48.6 km

World War 2 remnants and memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Vestige of anti-tank artillery from the 2nd World War, like so many that mark this coast...

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57.0 km

Route des Marais

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Without difficulty, this small road leads from Fontaine-Henry to Reviers, a beautiful village in Calvados, where you can take a break by the river.
Ideal route to reach the seaside.

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93.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

64.3 km

26.1 km

2.43 km

388 m

168 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

87.0 km

5.80 km

352 m

169 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 10 July

31°C

19°C

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Ouistreham Lighthouse – Route des Marais loop from Caen

Viewpoint overlooking the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen

Ouistreham Lighthouse

Kieffer Commando Memorial (La Flamme), Ouistreham

Ouistreham Beach Memorial

Whale Museum

Tribute to the 48th Royal Marines Commando

World War 2 remnants and memorial

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