The island abbey on Mont St Michel is one of the top sights to see in Normandy and Brittany in France. Visit the abbey, ramparts, and old town but avoid the other tourist traps and restaurants. Mont St Michel is one of the most picturesque historical sights to see in France. Medieval Mont St Michel […]
Driving, cycling, and day-trip bus tours are the most common ways to get to Mont St Michel. Public transportation is limited. Getting to Mont St Michel with its magnificent medieval abbey on the border of Normandy and Brittany is easiest by car. Mont St Michel is also hugely popular with bus tour parties while the […] The white cliffs and three natural rock arches of Etretat are some of the best-known sights in Upper Normandy in France and a popular day-trip destination. Etretat is famous for its three natural arches and white chalk cliffs that tower high over the Atlantic Ocean. These natural wonders are freely accessible, as is the white […] The High Gothic Church of St Ouen in Rouen with marvelous stained-glass windows and a magnificent Cavaillé-Coll organ is even bigger than Rouen cathedral. The former Benedictine abbey (abbaye) church of St Ouen in Rouen, Normandy, is one of the jewels of Gothic architecture. Many bishoprics would be honored to have such a church as […] Notre Dame de Bayeux is an interesting Gothic cathedral with an 11th-century Norman-Romanesque core dating from the times of William the Conqueror. The Romanesque-Gothic cathedral of Bayeux is not the oldest, largest, or most impressive cathedral in France but it has a beautiful interior and a history that makes it well worth seeing. Most of […] The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the greatest medieval artworks. It depicts the story of Harold, William the Conqueror, and the Norman conquest of England in 1066. One of the greatest artworks of the Middle Ages is the Bayeux Tapestry. This 70-m long embroidered cloth is a political statement par excellence. It tells the story […] The Batterie allemande near Bayeux in Normandy is a well-preserved German coastal defense battery with four guns used on D-Day still in place. Longues-sur-Mer on the coast of Normandy near Arromanches and Bayeux has the only German coastal defense battery classified as an historic monument on the D-Day landing beaches. The British and French navies […] The capture of Pointe du Hoc by US Rangers was one of the most heroic acts on D-Day. The bomb-scarred terrain and battery are open to visitors. The cliff top German gun battery at Pointe du Hoc was one of the prime Allied targets at the start of D-Day on June 6, 1944. US Rangers […] The magnificent Gothic Rouen Cathedral has the tallest church spire in France and a wealth of art, history, and architectural details. Rouen Cathedral (La cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Rouen) is one of the most impressive Gothic churches ever built. Construction dragged on for three centuries allowing all forms of the Gothic spectrum from […] The Bayeux Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in the Normandy is the largest Second World War British military cemetery in France. The Bayeux War Cemetery, with the graves of nearly 5,000 soldiers, is the largest Second World War cemetery of British war casualties in France. The cemetery has the graves of nearly 4,000 British soldiers […] The Musée Mémorial Bataille de Normandie in Bayeux is one of the best D-Day Landing / Operation Overlord museums to see in Normandy, France. The Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum (Musée Mémorial Bataille de Normandie) in Bayeux covers the invasion of France by the Allies in June 1944 from the D-Day Landings to the end […] The US Military Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer above Omaha Beach is the largest allied war cemetery in Normandy, France. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer in France is with 9,387 graves the largest of the allied military cemeteries in Normandy. The memorial site overlooks Omaha landing beach where so many soldiers died on D-Day. […] The Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof at La Cambe is the largest Second World War military cemetery in Normandy. The Cimetière Militaire Allemand / Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof at La Cambe is the final resting place of over 21,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. The German military cemetery has by far the largest number […] The Arromanches 360° cinema is a popular introduction to touring the D-Day landing beaches. The belvedere gives excellent free views of the Mulberries. The Arromanches 360° Cinéma Circulaire is a circular cinema showing archive footage from the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy that followed. It is not a museum and visitors will learn […] Getting to the white chalk cliffs and natural arches of Étretat in Normandy is easy by car or by bus from Le Havre with good train connections to Paris. Etretat with its white cliffs and three natural arches is hugely popular with day-trippers and holidaymakers. Étretat is easiest reached by car but public transportation is […] The remains of the Romanesque Abbaye de Jumièges are amongst the most beautiful ruins in all of France. It is fine day-trip from Rouen in Normandy. The ruins of the former Benedictine Abbey of Jumièges in Seine-Maritime in Upper Normandy are considered by many to be the finest ruins in France. This enormous Romanesque abbey […] The Novotel Bayeux is a comfortable family-friendly midscale hotel with bedrooms sleeping up to four, a swimming pool and easy access to D-Day sights. The Novotel Bayeux is a midscale, four-star hotel on the outskirts of the old town of Bayeux in Normandy. This typical business style hotel is also well suited for leisure travelers […] The German war cemetery near Mont St Michel has the graves of 12,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The German Ossuary at Huisnes-sur-Mer near the hugely popular UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed site of Mont St Michel in Normandy, France, offers a reminder that thousands of […]Transportation to Mont St Michel in Normandy
See the White Chalk Cliffs and Arches at Etretat in Normandy
Visit Saint Ouen – a Huge Gothic Abbey Church in Rouen
Visit the Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy
See the Bayeux Tapestry and Museum in Normandy
Visit the German Battery at Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy
Visit La Pointe du Hoc in Normandy
Visit Rouen Cathedral – Gothic at its Best in Normandy
Visit the Bayeux War Cemetery with British and Commonwealth Graves
Visit the Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in Bayeux
Visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Visit the Germany Military Cemetery at La Cambe in Normandy
See the Arromanches 360° Movie and Mulberry Harbor
Transportation to Etretat in Normandy
Visit the Ruins of the Romanesque Abbey of Jumièges near Rouen
Hotel Review Novotel Bayeux with Swimming Pool
Visit the German Ossuary at Huisnes-sur-Mer in Normandy
