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 of the Battle of Normandy. The museum has a large … [Read more...]
Visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
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 … [Read more...]
Visit the Germany Military Cemetery at La Cambe in Normandy
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 of war graves in the region … [Read more...]
Visit Clos Lucé – Leonardo da Vinci’s Home in Amboise
Leonardo da Vinci spent his final three years in Amboise in a chateau now housing a museum with models of his designs. Château du Clos Lucé is a relatively small 15th-century palace in the Loire town Amboise. The chateau was the childhood home of King Francis I but much more famously the palace where Leonardo da Vinci spent his final three years as the guest of the king of … [Read more...]
See the Arromanches 360° Movie and Mulberry Harbor
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 little new or any specific … [Read more...]
Transportation to Château de Chambord
Getting to Château de Chambord is easiest by car but buses and especially day-trip excursions to various chateaux in the Loire valley are also available. Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire region of France. As a hunting lodge, Chambord was in a forest and as this forest mostly survived as a nature reserve, Chambord remains somewhat isolated from major … [Read more...]
New Stars in 2016 France Michelin Hotels and Restaurants Red Guide
Michelin added two new three-star gourmet restaurants to the 600 star restaurants in the 2016 France Hotels and Restaurants Red Guide. The number of three-star restaurants in France in 2016 remained unchanged at 10 while the two-star restaurants increased by two to 82 and the one-star restaurants decreased to 492. The new three star-restaurants in the 2016 Michelin Guide France … [Read more...]
Visit Amiens Cathedral – the Largest Gothic Church in France
Cathédrale Notre Dame d’Amiens in Picardie is the largest Gothic church in France and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage-listed site. Amiens Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre Dame d’Amiens) is an early 13th-century Gothic masterpiece of superlatives. It is the largest Gothic cathedral in France with the highest nave of any completed medieval church in the country. A very short … [Read more...]
Save at the L’Usine Channel Factory Outlet and Cité Europe Shopping Mall in Calais
Huge discount deals on brand name clothes are the main attraction of the factory outlets and Cité Europe mall near the Eurotunnel terminal in Calais. L’Usine Channel Outlet Store and the huge Cité Europe shopping mall and entertainment complex are located right at the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles in the outskirts of Calais in France. Both malls are hugely popular with … [Read more...]
Visit the Ruins of the Romanesque Abbey of Jumièges near Rouen
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 was constructed during the lifetime of William … [Read more...]
Hotel Review Novotel Bayeux with Swimming Pool
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 and families with children sleeping and … [Read more...]
Visit the German Ossuary at Huisnes-sur-Mer in Normandy
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 German soldiers also died during the Battle … [Read more...]
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