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France
The direct
ferry link now allows us to hop over and spend a week end break
discovering the pleasures of Normandy and if you wish we can arrange
a hire car for you to collect when you arrive in France.
Alternatively you can take your own car, travelling via St. Malo.
Shopping in Cherbourg, Bayeux, the Normandy landing beaches, Mont St
Michel, golf, long sandy beaches, fine dining and many other
activities are just a few of the delights Normandy has to offer. For
more information on packages available, send us an
e-mail or contact us by phone.
For information on the direct sailings to Normandy, please click on
 Bayeux is
of course home to the famous Bayeux Tapestry. Apart from this there
is the General de Gaulle Museum and the Battle of Normandy Memorial
Museum and the British Cemetery. There are several museums - Baron
Gerard Lace. the Porcelain Museum, the Museum of Religious Art, the
Clock Workshop and the Bayeux Lace Conservatory.
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Tourism. Photo:
H.P. Reiser
 Caen
is a lively town and the old part has many restaurants with
al-fresco eating. There is a Castle and the two abbeys - Abbaye aux
Hommes and Abbaye aux Dames which have connections with William the
Conqueror, an Art Museum, the Memorial Peace Museum and the
Botanical Gardens.
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Photo: E Bénard
Carteret
 One
of the closest ports to Jersey with a 300 mooring marina, there are
beaches and a fishing port. Really Barneville-Carteret the two
communes were joined in 1965. This is one of the Normandy
ports used for Channel Island visitors.
Carteret has some excellent hotels and
restaurants, two sandy beaches and is alive with activity during the
summer months.
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 Originally
a little fishing village Cherbourg developed into the historic
port. There is a marina with over 1000 moorings. “Cap de la Hague”
is to the West and the “Pointe de Barfleur” to the East. Visit the
Thomas Henry Fine Arts Museum displaying paintings by artists such
as Millet, Fra Angelica, Filippo Lipi, David, Brueghel de Velours
and Guillaume Fouace. It is the third largest museum of Normandy and
has a collection of 300 paintings and sculptures of the XVth to the
XIXth centuries. The theatre stems from the 19th century theatre is
considered one of the finest examples of the “Italian Style”. There
is also the Cité de la Mer to visit which is a history of men and
the sea and among the exhibits is the former nuclear submarine
“Redoubtable”. There are also the Liais Gardens, the Liberation
Museum at the Fort du Roule. See also The Basilique St Trinité,
built in 1155.
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Tourism. Photo: E Bénard
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 The
cathedral is exceptional and particularly important to Jersey which
comes under the diocese of Coutances. Visit the 12th century Castel
of Pirou. There are museums such as the L’Art du Bois: displaying
wooden sculptures and the Musée Tancrede plus the Musée du Manoir de
Saussey .
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Normandy Tourism. Photo:
H. Guermonprez
 Mont
St Michel is the twin of St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall. This was
created in the 11th century and was originally surrounded by water.
Over the years this area silted up with the result of a causeway
forming over which visitors could walk there. Much restoration work
has gone on to make the sea surround it once again. There are 80
chapels, cells, towers and public chambers and guided tours can be
organised such as the “Ramparts tour” with view on the bay and the
Rocher de Tombelaine or "La Merveille" a tour of six halls built on
three levels – 13th century gothic masterpiece. Visit the Cloister
where the monks would meet and meditate and also visit the
Scriptorium and the “Salle des Hotes”( Guest room) Wear
sensible footwear!
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Normandy Tourism. Photo:
H.P. Reiser
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Giverny is the
location of th e
house and gardens created by Monet.
This is world famous
and it is possible to visit the gallery where many of Monet's
paintings hang. The gardens are amazing and the house is
decorated in Monet's light reflective colours
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Picture courtesy of Normandy
Tourism. Photo: JC. Demais
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 Lively
seaside resort, sailing centre and commercial fishing port. Also a
sea water treatment centre. Passenger ferries depart from here for
the Channel Islands and the Iles de Chausaey. There is also the
Christian Dior Museum situated in the designer’s childhood home. See
the Roc Aquarium and Granville Wax Museum The Haute Ville is a
picturesque fortified old town with its Church of Notre Dame and
15th and 18th century houses. There is also a Casino.
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Picture courtesy of Normandy Tourism.
Photo: E Bénard
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