Bayeux's tourist office stands in the centre of town, on the arched pont St-Jean (July–Sept Mon–Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 9am–12.30pm & 2–6.30pm; April–June Mon–Sat 9.30am–12.30pm & 2–6pm, Sun 10am–12.30pm & 2–5.30pm; Oct–March Mon–Sat 9.30am–12.30pm & 2–5.30pm; tel 02.31.51.28.28, www.bayeux-tourism.com). The gare SNCF is fifteen minutes' walk away to the south, just outside the ring road, while the gare routière is on the north side of place St-Patrice. For information on local buses, contact Bus Verts du Calvados (tel 08.10.21.42.14, www.busverts14.fr), whose services stop at both the gare SNCF and the gare routière. Travellers without cars who plan to visit the landing beaches and/or the war cemeteries are better advised to join a minibus trip with a local operator such as Bus Fly, 25 rue des Cuisiniers (half day €35, full day €58; tel 02.31.22.00.08, www.busfly.com).As one of Normandy's most important tourist destinations, Bayeux is well equipped with accommodation. On the whole, however, the hotels are more expensive than usual. There's a large three-star campsite on boulevard d'Eindhoven (tel 02.31.92.08.43; closed Oct–April), on the northern ring road (RN13) near the river.
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