Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Name: Cité de la Mer
Address: Gare Maritime Transatlantique, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, 50100, France
Telephone: +33 2 33 20 26 26

#1 among attractions in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Facts and practical information

The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. ()

Local name: La Cité de la Mer Elevation: 26 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 49°38'47"N, 1°37'2"W

Address

Gare Maritime TransatlantiqueCherbourg-en-Cotentin 50100 France

Contact

+33 2 33 20 26 26

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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Day trips

Cité de la Mer – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Musée Thomas-Henry, Le Trident, Le Redoutable, Basilique Sainte-Trinité.

0.7 miS
Museum, Art museum
Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
18 min walk • The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry is a museum at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with around 300 artworks, mainly paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries. It has been rated as the third most important collection in Normandy.
0.6 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Le Trident, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
17 min walk • Le Trident is a group of three theatres in the city of Cherbourg-Octeville, within the Manche department of Normandy, in northern France. The theatres were made a 'scène nationale' on 14 October 2002, after the merger of the Théâtre de Cherbourg-Scène Nationale and the Théâtre de la Butte-CCPO.
~580 ftN
Museum
Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
3 min walk • Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.
0.4 miSW
Church
Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
10 min walk • The Basilica Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg is a Gothic basilica that stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the region of Normandy.
0.9 miS
Botanical garden
Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
24 min walk • The Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière is a private botanical garden located in the Parc de la Fauconnière, Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, Normandy, France. The garden was created in 1870 or 1873 by Alfred Favier and maintained by subsequent family members Léon Favier and Dr. Charles Favier.
0.9 miS
49°37'60"N • 1°36'59"W
Le Point du jour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
24 min walk • Museum
0.5 miSW
Memorial
monument à Armand de Briqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
12 min walk • Armand François Bon Claude, comte de Bricqueville, born at the family castle in Bretteville on January 23, 1785, died on March 19, 1844 in Paris, was a cavalry colonel in Napoleon's army and deputy of the Manche.
1 miS
Memorial
War Memorial, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
26 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
1.1 miS
Museum, Forts and castles
Batterie du Roule, Cherbourg-Octeville
29 min walk • The Fort du Roule is a collection of French and German fortifications built in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the Roule mountain in Cherbourg. The first fortifications were built in 1793 to protect the Bay of Cherbourg from English attacks.
~1990 ftSW
49°38'35"N • 1°37'27"W
Equestrian status of Napoleon, Cherbourg-Octeville
10 min walk • Memorial
1.5 miSW
Universities and schools
Cherbourg School of Engineering, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
38 min walk • The Engineering School of the University of Caen Normandy is a French engineering university funded in 1993. It is situated in Normandy in two cities: Caen and Cherbourg. The school is accredited by the "Commission des titres d'ingénieur" to deliver Engineering Degrees.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Cité de la Mer?

Nearby attractions include Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (3 min walk), Equestrian status of Napoleon, Cherbourg-Octeville (10 min walk), Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (10 min walk), monument à Armand de Briqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (12 min walk).

How to get to Cité de la Mer by public transport?

The nearest stations to Cité de la Mer:

Ferry

Passerelle Cherbourg 6 (5 min walk)
Passerelle Cherbourg 4 • Lines: Cherbourg Dublin (8 min walk)

Bus

CCI Multiplex • Lines: 8 (10 min walk)
Hôtel de Ville • Lines: 4, Cap Cotentin de Nuit Est, Cap Cotentin de Nuit Ouest (11 min walk)

Train

Cherbourg (24 min walk)