Transportation
The department of Calvados is serviced by to airports, Caen and Deauville. Although you might think the region is very accessible if it has two airports, think again. Some parts of the region are very secluded, but for good reason. They offer some of the most spectacular view ever seen.
Get in
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By plane
Calvados has two airports: Caen-Carpiquet and Deauville Saint Gatien. The Deauville Saint Gatien airport offers charter flights to and from Marrakech, Heraklion, Monastir, Djerba, Tunisia, Funchal, and Ajaccio, depending on the season. Caen-Carpiquet on the other hand has flight to an from all over the globe mainly Tunisia, Spain, UK, France, Italy, Gemany, Belgium, Czech Republic and Morocco.
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By train
The more popular train station are at Bayeux, Caen and Deauville. There are no TGV running through Calvados, but the TER does a fine job by itself.
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By car
From Paris take A13 west to Pont L’Eveque, then follow N177 east to Deauville. To get to Caen follow the A13 motorway or N175 from Paris or Rouen, the N13 from Cherbourg, A84 from Rennes or N138 from Tours and Le Mans via N158 at Sees. To drive to Bayeux from Paris, take A13 to Caen and E46 west to Bayeux.
Get around
To get around the region a car might be useful. The trains here can’t really be trusted, not because of tardiness, for most trains respect a certain timetable, but for the fact that most regional trains don’t really go very far. The department itself is very secluded and even if you do travel by car, you’ll find that some places in the region are just as hard to reach either by car or train.