Practical information > Getting to Caen

Air - For all international connections, we are 3h from both Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY).

Caen-Carpiquet airport (CFR) has flights from/to London, Marseille, Toulouse, and other French

Train - Our train station is Caen. It is a 10-minute tram ride from the main campus.

There are daily direct trains from Paris-Saint-Lazare (2 hours), and regular services to Rouen, Cherbourg, Rennes, Tours, and many other places.

You can plan your route with SNCF Connect

Car - From Paris, take the A13 motorway into Caen, then exit 5 "Centre Ville/Château"

Coach - Regular coach services run from Paris to Caen. You can find out coach times and routes with Blablabus and Flixbus

Sea - There are daily sailings between Portsmouth and Caen-Ouistreham. Bus line 12 from Ouistreham to Caen train station (30 minutes approx.)

More information on transport

For more information on transport in and around Caen, please see here.

Hotels

Please find here a full list of hotel properties, rental accomodaton, guest rooms in Caen and around.