Vire
Vire is in Calvados department, Normandy, southwest of Caen.
Understand
Vire is somewhat inland of where the D-Day landings took place in June, 1944. The British liberated the town in mid-July after heavy fighting; the place was mostly destroyed but has long since been rebuilt.
Tourist information
Get in
By train
- 🌍 Vire station (Gare de Vire). SNCF trains from Paris (Montparnasse) and Granville.
By car
From Paris, take the A13 motorway to Caen and then the A84 motorway towards Rennes (30 km west of Caen - exit no. 42).
From Rennes, take the A84 motorway, exit no. 42.
By bus
Les Bus Verts du Calvados: line n°32 Caen-Vire.
By plane
Caen Carpiquet Airport is 50 km from Vire.
Get around
See
The 12th-century fortifications of the medieval town are still partly visible in the town rebuilt after 1944:(Porte Horloge, Porte Saint-Sauveur, Tour aux Raines, Tour de Coulonces, Tour de Geôle, Tour de la Douve.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 La Table Viroise, Rue d'Aigneaux 4, ☏ +33 2 31 68 00 35. Lunch M-F, dinner M-Sa. Great French food. menu from €18.