Best Caen Day Trips & Things to Do

This Northern French commune is just a few miles away from the World War II D-Day Normandy landing beaches and was the site of the war's Battle of Caen from June-August 1944. Caen was originally inhabited by Celtic and Belgae tribes and was invaded by the Romans in 98 AD, as was the rest of the Normandy region. Most of the city had to be rebuilt after the Battle of Caen and the Memorial for Peace, or Memorial de Caen, was opened in 1988 to commemorate those World War II tragedies. Other Caen points of interest are Caen Botanical Garden, Museum of Fine Arts of Caen, Museum of Normandy and Church of Saint-Pierre. Show All