Are
you planning to spend your vacation in France? Then you should discover
Normandy. A Normandy holiday is not only charming but also revitalizing.
Normandy, is ideal to bring the kids to enjoy a multitude of outdoor activities.
For the more exploratory, holidays in Normandy will bring you close to nature
through hiking and cycling activities or manoeuvring canoes down rapid rivers
and wind surfing on the sea.

The splendid history of Normandy draws numerous tourists to this marvellous
region every year. Operation Overlord was one of the most critical events of
World War 2. The assault on France began with the D-Day landings on the Normandy
Coast on 6th June in 1944 where vast numbers of Allied soldiers descended.. The
Battle of Normandy witnessed violent combat for the concluding liberation of
France. This fundamental turning point in the war was a essential episode in the
history of Normandy.

In the schedule of your holiday in France, ensure to visit Rouen, the capital of
Normandy where you can stand in wonder before the famous Notre Dame Cathedral.
It was here that Joan of Arc faced off with her interrogators, bravely standing
trial and burning at the stake. Take a trip to see the one thousand year old
Gothic Abbey of Mont-St-Michel, perched on a rocky islet standing 264 feet high.
This shrine to Saint Michael was an influential place of medieval pilgrimage and
is reached by climbing winding, steeply inclined streets. First built in 708 by
Saint Aubert, Bishop of Avranches, Mont-St-Michel is the focal point of tourists
from all over the world.

When you’re in Normandy during your holiday in France, pay a visit to the famous
spa town, Bagnoles de l’Orne. Here you can take it easy and be pampered to
reduce your fatigue and muscle stress or go for a swim and play golf. The villas
in the town sport exceptional roofing, bow windows and polychrome facades.

Enjoy
the town of Bayeux where you can behold the marvellous embroidered tapestry
unfolding the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England. It dates to
the time of William the Conqueror.

At the town of Lassay-les-Chateaux you can enjoy a 15th century stone castle
that is even now fully standing. A little further north of this town is Domfort,
which boasts narrow streets and the ruins of medieval castles.

When you take your kids for a Normandy holiday, you can thrill them with
sumptuous swims in the sea off the northern coast of France. You can picnic on
the beach along a 600km shores and watch your kids frolic joyfully in the fresh
waters of the English Channel.

If you’re an keen outdoors person, you’ll be drawn to cycling along coastal
roads. Immerse yourself in the peacefulness of the green scenery as you bike
along picturesque roads at Fecamp-Etretat. You can leisurely explore the
unspoilt scenery on your vacation in France and be at one with the physical
beauty of this region with its mesmerizing vistas, forested woodlands and rich
pastures.

Inject your French vacation with a spot of horse riding at one of the various
riding centres and stud farms in Normandy, France’s most important horse
breeding region. Among the important horse breeding estates are Haras de Saint
Lo and Haras du Pin. You can ride select riding routes from 2,000km of riding
ways in Orne alone.

During your Normandy trip, you can delight in the exciting activity of water
sports offered by plentiful resorts on the Cote de Nacre or the Cote Fleurie.
There is an first-rate marina in Trouville, a fashionable and elegant beach
resort. You can hire a boat and sail for hours, passing the granite coastline of
the north to the white cliffs and sandy beaches of the south. Go wind surfing or
canoeing on the emerald green sea off the Calvados coast.

Approaching 8 kms away is the lovely village of Lonlay L’Abbaye, your
destination for a quiet close to your holiday in France. This archetypal French
village is the embodiment of French vacations as you will be able to relate with
the pleasant local populace and enjoy the extraordinary Normandy cuisine.

With the large quantity of apples in this lovely region, you’ll find the local
dishes have special gastronomy that makes ingenious use of this scrumptious
fruit. When dining out during your vacation in Normandy, you could savour the
taste of moules à la normande – a dish of mussels that have been expertly cooked
in cream and apples. If you’re a fan of pastries, try bourdelots or baked apples
in pastry. You must also bite into the local variation of apple tart, the flan
Normandy. Your holidays in Normandy won’t be fulfilled if you don’t have a whiff
of their apply brandy, called calvados. This alcoholic beverage is a popular
drink which is consumed by the locals in the intervening period between courses
of a meal. A combination of apple brandy and unfermented cider produces pommeau,
an aperitif you must enjoy during your Normandy trip.

You
can travel to your Normandy trip on connecting flights from Paris or you could
take the train. If you go by road, there are ferry ports at Dieppe, Le Havre and
Cherbourg. You can also drive direct from Calais to Caen and Rouen. One of the
best ways to truly experience the charming French lifestyle is to stay in one of
the gites in Normandy. At the rural village of Lonlay L’Abbaye you can find
exceptional accommodation in an 18th century manor house at Le Manoir Nezement.

 

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