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Normandy
Bayeux
1h to Full-Day
The tapestry of Bayeux, ordered according to tradition by William the Conqueror's wife, is a Middle-Ages comic-strip that takes us back in time. But Bayeux is also worth a visit, incredibly saved during the Landing Operations...
BAYEUX TAPESTRY - opened every day,
except on May 1st, Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st
CATHEDRAL OUR LADY and its crypt
HISTORICAL CITY TOUR
MUSEUM OF BAYEUX HISTORY
ENGLISH CEMETERY of WWII
Coutances
1h to Full-Day
Medieval city on the top of a hill, Coutances is recognizable from afar to the remarkable silhouette of its cathedral. Though little known, it is one of the jewels of XIIIth century gothic architecture in France. The city has many charms, to be discovered absolutely !
CATHEDRAL OUR LADY
CHURCH SAINT-PIERRE
MUSEUM of ART
BOTANIC GARDEN
In the neighborhood:
MANOIR DE SAUSSEY - fine gardens and art collection
Granville
1h to Full-Day
Fishing port, Granville was really founded during the Hundred-Years war. Newfoundlands and privateering developed the city. XIXth century new fancy for see-baths transformed it.
THE OLD TOWN
THE DIOR MUSEUM - exhibition, and garden
ANACREON MUSEUM of Modern Art
THE PORT
Caen
1h to Full-Day
Caen is William the Conquerant's city. From XIth century onwards, it was one of the wealthiest cities in Normandy. Architecture bears witness to this glorious past.
ABBAYE-AUX-HOMMES & ABBAYE-AUX-DAMES
CASTLE of the dukes of Normandy
ART MUSEUM
CITY CENTER
MEMORIAL of WWIII
Avranches
1h to Full Day
Avranches, the city of the Abrincates, mentioned by Julius Caesar (!), was an important place since the Roman Empire. In 708, it was there that Bishop Aubert was called by the Archangel to found the sanctuary of Mont-Saint-Michel. Today intimately linked to the sanctuary of Mons, the exceptional manuscripts of the Benedictine monks are exhibited in a museum dedicated to them: the Scriptorial.
SCRIPTORIAL MUSEUM - Manuscripts of Mont-Saint-Michel
TOWN LIBRARY (depending on availability)
BASILICA ST-GERVAIS - Relic of Saint Aubert
CITY TOUR
FINE ART & HISTORY MUSEUM
Villedieu-les-Poêles
1h to Half-Day
The capital of copper factories since the Middle-Ages, Villedieu still has today one of the first workshop producing bells in France.
Possession of the Templars, the commandery went to the Malta Order in XIVth century: until know a procession the "Grand Sacre" is organized every year!
FOUNDRIES
CITY TOUR
Hambye
1h to Half-Day
Benedictine abbey from XIIth century to the French Revolution, the Abbey of Hambye has suffered many grieves during the XIXth century, before being restored. The ruins in their romantic landscape have an extraordinary charm.
ABBEY
PARISH CHURCH
VILLAGE
La Lucerne
1 to 3hrs
This abbaye of XIIth century has been almost completely rebuilt.
A very interesting example to understand more about the building process of the Middle-ages.
Mortain
1 to 3hrs
This abbaye of XIIth century has been almost completely rebuilt.
A very interesting example to understand more about the building process of the Middle-ages.