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VISITOR GUIDE
                                .2020.

NORMANDY, A LAND OF CONQUEST!
VISITOR GUIDE .2020. NORMANDY, A LAND OF CONQUEST!
BAYEUX BESSIN                                                 1   D-DAY FESTIVAL     4   FEUX D’ARTIFICE

              EVENTS ALL
                                                                                  NORMANDY                 DE LA TOUR VAUBAN
                                                                                                         PORT-EN-BESSIN-HUPPAIN
                                                                            2    RENDEZ-VOUS
                                                                                   À LA CATHÉDRALE   5    SOIRS D’ÉTÉ À L’ABBAYE   7   LE GOÛT DU LARGE

              YEAR ROUND!
                                                                                BAYEUX                       DE JUAYE-MONDAYE             PORT-EN-BESSIN-HUPPAIN

                                                                            3    LES MÉDIÉVALES    6    PRIX BAYEUX DES          8   L
                                                                                                                                           A CATHÉDRALE
                                                                                   DE BAYEUX                 CORRESPONDANTS               DE GUILLAUME
                                                                                                             DE GUERRE                    BAYEUX

                          June   1

          2             July & August                             3                                  4                                                             5

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E VENTS

                                                                                                                                                                       E VENTS
                                     October                      6
                                                                      November                       7            December                                         8

                                      View the full schedule on       www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com
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CONTENTS

                                                                                                                                                                           THINGS TO DO                                                                                                         GETTING
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                                                                                                                                                                                EATING OUT                                                                                                       WHERE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 TO STAY
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                                                  Welcome                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 5
WELCOME

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                                                  Bayeux Intercom Tourist Information is delighted to bring you the new 2020
                                                  visitor guide. Whether it’s a holiday or getaway, there’s everything you need to
                                                  make it unforgettable! Heritage, leisure, food & drink, wellness... get the best out
                                                  of the international Bayeux Bessin - D-Day Normandy destination!
                                                                                                                                                                                  46to51                                                                                                   52to67
                                                  Bessin is an unspoilt land where earth and sea meet in the heart of Normandy,
                                                  around Bayeux, the medieval town at a stone’s throw from the D-Day beaches.                             Our friendly team at our Tourist Information centres are here to help you:
                                 Seine-Maritime   Unearth everything it has to offer as you wander amongst its leafy countryside
                                                  and lofty cliffs: a town with personality, a fishing port, a magical village or a           ARROMANCHES                                                        BAYEUX                                     LONGUES-SUR-MER                                               PORT-EN-BESSIN
                                                  fortified riverside farm...                                                                    2 rue Maréchal Joffre                                         Pont Saint Jean                                         Site de la Batterie                                       Quai Baron Gérard
          Manche   Calvados         Eure                                                                                                     14117 Arromanches-les-Bains                                        14400 Bayeux                                        14400 Longues-sur-Mer                                  14520 Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
                                                                                                                                                  Tél. 02 31 22 36 45                                         Tél. 02 31 51 28 28                                      Tél. 02 31 21 46 87                                       Tél. 02 31 22 45 80
                          Orne
                                                  Let’s not forget the world-famous attractions!                                          arromanches@bayeux-tourism.com                                  info@bayeux-tourism.com                                longues@bayeux-tourism.com                                  port@bayeux-tourism.com
                                                  Bayeux, «the medieval town, gateway to the D-Day beaches»
                                                  Arromanches, «the D-Day Mulberry Harbour»
                                                  Port-en-Bessin, «the Bishops’ Harbour»                                                                            Bayeux Bessin, a quality destination                                                                                                                         [see page 68]
                                                  Longues-sur-Mer, «the German Battery featured in The Longest Day»
                                                  Juaye-Mondaye, «the beautiful Norman abbey»                                                                                             Opening times on www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com

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                                                                                                                                               F. Auclair, JM. Piel, Jakez, Stephanedeve, Imperial War Museum, Eliophot, Sarafossette, Klio Production, R.Corbin / Patrimoine Normand, C. Guibout, F. Levalet, F. Mahaut, P.Plisson, H. Bois, MC Desdoits, M Dehaye,
                                                                                                                                             Carels Photography, JM Jansen / Calvados Attractivité, P. Stroppa / Les Filles du Bord de Mer, Fabrice Lerouge/Onoky/Getty Images, Fotolia, Jupiter images, Thinkstock, Istock, Francis Cormon/Overlord museum Aerial.
                                                                                                                                                                                       Maps : CRT Normandie (page 30) / Extraits SCAN Régional® - © IGN - 2012 - Licence n°2012-DINO/3-12 - all rights reserved (page 31)
                                                                                                                                                                                  This document is for reference only and Bayeux Intercom Tourist Information shall not be held responsible for it. Rates set in December 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                      for the entirety of 2020 may be subject to slight modifications. Accommodation rates stated in the guide do not include holiday tax.
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BAYEUX
                                                BAYEUX BESSIN, GATEWAY
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                                                TO THE D-DAY BEACHES                                                                                                                                                                                                    LE MÉMORIAL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DES REPORTERS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This one-of-a-kind site in Europe is
                                                                                                                       SITES                                                                                                                                            devoted to reporters and the free-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                UNACCOMPANIED TOUR:                     dom of the press with a scenic trail
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                free entry all year                     marked by white headstones bea-
                                                                       H1     1                                                                  G2      2                                                         G1   3                                               ring the names of 2000 journalists
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rue de Verdun ou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        who have been killed all over the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                boulevard Fabian Ware
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                14400 Bayeux
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        world since 1944. By: Bayeux Coun-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        cil and Reporters Without Borders.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                BÉNY-SUR-MER                   I2   5

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This 70ha cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach.            OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        CIMETIÈRE                                   9387 soldiers who fell during the Normandy           01/04 > 30/09: 9am-6pm
                         ARROMANCHES                                                      BAYEUX                                                               LONGUES-SUR-MER                                                                                          MILITAIRE                                   Campaign rest in peace here. The Chapel, Me-         01/10 > 31/03: 9am-5pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Free wheelchair upon request,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    morial and Wall of the Missing honour their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        CANADIEN                                    memory.                                              subject to availability
                         ARROMANCHES                                                         CIMETIÈRE MILITAIRE                                                  BATTERIE ALLEMANDE                                                                                    There are 2049 graves at the Bény-                                                                   25/12 & 01/01
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    GUIDED TOUR:
                         DE L’OCCUPATION                                                     BRITANNIQUE                                                          DE LONGUES-SUR-MER                                                30 min.                             sur-Mer cemetery in Reviers inclu-          French: 01/04-30/09: 10am & 3pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Omaha Beach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ding 3 British soldiers and a pilot                                                              14710 Colleville-sur-Mer
                         À LA LIBÉRATION                                                     4144 World War II Commonwealth soldiers are                          The German gun battery of Longues-sur-Mer for-                UNACCOMPANIED TOUR:                                                                 01/10-31/03: 3pm                                     02 31 51 62 00
                                                                                             buried in the Bayeux British military cemetery.                      med a key part of the Atlantic Wall and remains               free entry all year                     and a French soldier. Most of the           English: 01/04-30/09: 11am & 2pm                     normandy@abmc.gov
                         Site of an important German radar station, the                                                                                                                                                                                                 men buried in the cemetery were in
                                                                                             A sentence in Latin on the Memorial’s pediment                       one of the most spectacular sites along the D-Day                                                                                                 01/10-31/03: 2pm                                     www.abmc.gov
                         small fishing village suffered the Occupation’s                                                                                                                                                        14440 Bény-sur-Mer • 02 31 37 46 80     the 3rd Canadian Division.
                                                                                             in tribute to the fighters reminds us that the                       Beaches. Consisting of 4 pillboxes - which today                                                                                                  UNACCOMPANIED TOUR: free entry all year
                         restrictions. Liberated by the British on 6 June                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I    I
                         1944, it became the theatre of one of the Allies’                   British liberated William the Conqueror’s country                    still house the original guns - the coastal defence
                         greatest military engineering achievements: Port                    in 1944.                                                             battery played a highly strategic role on 6 June
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                         Winston.                                                            UNACCOMPANIED TOUR:                                                  1944.
    6                        90 mins                                                         free entry all year                                                      1 hr                                                                                                                                                                                                                                7
                         GUIDED TOUR: Monday to Friday from 6 July                           Boulevard Fabian Ware - 14400 Bayeux                                 GUIDED TOUR:
                         to 28 August: 2.15pm (French) - 4.15pm (English)                    03 21 21 77 00                                                       04/04 > 01/11 week-ends only:
                                                                                             france.area@cwgc.org - www.cwgc.org                                  French: 11.30am - 2.15pm - 4.45pm*

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    T HIN GS TO DO

                         Departure from the lookout on Arromanches 360
                         car park.                                                                                                                                English: 10.15am - 3.30pm (*until 25/10 only)

                         PRICES: Adult: 5¤ - 11 to 17 years old: 3¤ - Free under                                                                                  06/07 > 28/08 Monday to Friday: 10.15am
g                                                                                                                                                                 (English) & 11.30am (French)
                         11 • Ticket sale on site and from the tourist office.
                         Office de tourisme de Bayeux Intercom                                                                                                    UNACCOMPANIED TOUR: free entry all year
                         Bureau d’Arromanches
                         14117 Arromanches-les-Bains - 02 31 22 36 45                            D-Day Landing                                                    PRICES: Adults: 5¤ -
                                                                                                                                                                  Children (11-17 years old): 3¤ - Free under 11                CRICQUEVILLE-
                         www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com
                                                                                                   Beaches                                                        Ticket sale and departure from the tourist office
                                                                                                                                                                  Office de Tourisme de Bayeux Intercom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                EN-BESSIN                                           GRANDCAMP-MAISY                                             LA CAMBE
                                                                                                                                                                  Bureau de Longues-sur-Mer                                     POINTE DU HOC                                         BATTERIE DE MAISY                                         CIMETIÈRE MILITAIRE
                                                                                                                                                                  14400 Longues-sur-Mer - 02 31 21 46 87
                                                UTAH BEACH                                                                                                        www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com                                Pointe du Hoc was a strategic site in the German      This German battery was an integral part of a mi-         ALLEMAND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                fortifications on the Normandy coast that was         litary sector covering Utah and Omaha Beaches.            The 7.5ha site was inaugurated on September
                                                                                                                                                                       I
                                                                    OMAHA BEACH                                                                                                                                                 attacked by Colonel Rudder’s 2nd Ranger Batta-        The 5th and 2nd US Ranger Battalion’s final attack        21st 1961 and is one of six World War II German
                                                                                                     LA MANCHE                                                                                                                  lion on the morning of June 6th 1944. The site        on June 9th 1944 lasted 5 long hours. Visit 3km of        military cemeteries in Normandy. The perma-
                                 Sainte-Mère-Église                                   Criqueville-                                                                                                                              stands 30m above the sea with remnants of the         trenches, tunnels and six 155mm artillery plat-           nent exhibition was inaugurated on 5 June 2019.
                                                                                                          Vierville-sur-Mer
                                  21   Sainte-Marie-                                  en-Bessin                                                                                                                                 German artillery battery.                             forms.                                                    Close to 21,300 German soldiers who lost their
                                            du-Mont    20
                                                                                                              Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
                                                                                                                    Colleville-sur-Mer                                                                                          UNACCOMPANIED TOUR: free entry all year               UNACCOMPANIED OR GUIDED TOUR:                             lives in Normandy rest here.
                                                                                  6                                                                 GOLD BEACH
                                                                       7                                                        Port-en-
                                                                                                                                                                                     JUNO BEACH                                 OPENING TIMES                                         Site tour with written translations                       UNACCOMPANIED TOUR: free entry all year
                                                                                                                                Bessin     Longues-
                                                                Grandcamp-Maisy                      24                                    sur-Mer Arromanches-les-Bains                                                        Visitor Centre                                        (F, GB, D, NL, I, E, DK) and tour guide on request.
                                                                                                          19                                                                      Courseulles-                                                                                                                                                  OPENING TIMES
                                            Carentan                   La Cambe                                5 16             13                                                sur-Mer                                       01/04 > 30/09: 9am-6pm                                PRICES
                                                  15
                                                                                      8                                                     3                                                                                                                                                                                                   Winter (31/10-31/03): 9am-5pm
                                                                                                                                                                23
                                                                                                                                                                                                       SWORD BEACH              01/10 > 31/03: 9am-12.30pm/1.30pm-5pm                 Adults: 7.20¤ • Children: 4.80¤ • Students: 6¤
                                                                                                                                                   1 10 11     Ver-sur-Mer                                                      Free wheelchair upon request,                                                                                   Summer (01/04-31/10): 8am-7pm - Sat/Sun 9am
                                                                                                                                                    9 25                                                                                                                              OPENING TIMES:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                subject to availability                                                                                            between Christmas and New Year’s Day
                                                                                                                                           Bayeux                                5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      April, May and September: 10am-4pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    01/01 & 25/12                                                                                               RN 13 - 14230 La Cambe
                                                                                                                                     2 4 12                                  Bény-sur-Mer                               17
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      June, July and August: 10am-6pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Merville-     14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin                                                                                    02 31 22 70 76
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Franceville
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      7 Route des Perruques - 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy             marie-annick.wieder@volksbund.de
                                                                                                                                                                                                              18                02 31 51 62 00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      0044 7411 932 197 - info@maisybattery.com                 www.volksbund.de/home.html
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Ranville           normandy@abmc.gov
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      www.maisybattery.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                www.abmc.gov
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                                                                                          MUSEUMS
                                                                                          MUSÉES
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                                                                                                                                                                                           COMMES - PORT-EN-BESSIN                             CAEN                                                         CARENTAN
                                                                                                                                                                                            MUSÉE DES EPAVES                                   LE MÉMORIAL DE CAEN                                          D-DAY EXPERIENCE
                                                                                                                                                                                            SOUS-MARINES                                       Caen Memorial is a key museum built on a former              More than just a museum! The site, in the middle
                                                                                                                                                                                            Twenty-five years of underwater exploration has    German bunker. Explore the museum that tells the             of the US D-Day sector is home to 2 museums:
                                                                                                                                                                                            brought up impressive relics and personal items    story of the Second World War, the D-Day Lan-                Dead Man’s Corner on the German side and
                                                                                                                                                                                            from the sea bed including from large warships     dings, the Battle of Normandy and the Cold War.              D-DAY EXPERIENCE on the American side, the first
                                                                                                                                                                                            that sank around June 6th 1944.                       3 hrs                                                     immersive museum about D-Day. It presents the his-
                 ARROMANCHES                                               ARROMANCHES                                          ARROMANCHES                                                    1 hr                                            GUIDED TOUR: booking required
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            tory of parachutists from the 101st Airborne Division.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               on (00 33) (0)2 31 06 06 45                                     2 hrs
                                                                                                                                                                                            PRICES
                 MUSÉE DU                                                  ARROMANCHES 360                                        LIBERATORS                                                Adults: 7.50 ¤                                     PRICES: Adults: 19.80 ¤ • Children (10-18 years old),        PRICES: Adults: 13 ¤ (2 museums with simulator) -
                 DÉBARQUEMENT                                              CINÉMA CIRCULAIRE                                      MUSEUM -                                                  Children (7-16 years old): 4.50 ¤                  seniors: 17.50 ¤ • Under 10s: free • Family ticket: 51 ¤     19 ¤ (2 museums with simulator + cinema) • Children:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (2 adults + child(ren) 10-25 years old)                      9 ¤ (2 museums with simulator) - 15 ¤ (2 museums
                 This is the first museum built to commemo-                «Normandy’s 100 Days» A moving experience on           NORMANDY 1944                                             OPENING TIMES                                                                                                   with simulator + cinema) • Film screening only: Adults:
                 rate June 6th 1944 and the Battle of Normandy.            an amazing site which takes you back to D-Day.                                                                   01/06 > 30/09: 10am-1pm/2pm-7pm                    OPENING TIMES: 02/01 > 04/01: 9.30am-6pm                     9 ¤ - Children: 7 ¤
                                                                                                                                  Unique collection of uniforms and items from
                 The museum was built on the very site of the              Exceptional archive footage shown on 9 screens                                                                   Open weekends and bank holidays in May             28/01 > 31/03: 9am-6pm • 01/04 > 30/09: 9am-7pm
                                                                                                                                  the Battle of Normandy donated by veterans.                                                                  01/10 > 31/12: 9.30am-6pm                                    OPENING TIMES: 01/10 > 31/03 : 10am-6pm (7 days
                 Mulberry Harbour; you can still see what remains          depicts the 100 days that changed the world.           Personal stories from liberators. A diorama                   6pm                                                                                                         a week) • 01/04 > 30/09 : 9.30am-7pm (7 days a week)
                 of it a few hundred metres from the shore.                   30 mins                                             takes you back in time and through history.                                                                      01/01, 05/01>27/01, 25/12
                                                                                                                                                                                            Route de Bayeux - D6                                                                                                 1 hr before for the museum, 2 hrs before for visits
                   75 mins • UNACCOMPANIED OR GUIDED                                                                              Authentic WWII memorabilia available for                  14520 Commes - Port-en-Bessin                          Mondays in November and December
                                                                           PRICES                                                                                                                                                                                                                           including a screening
                 TOUR: Commentary and film included in the tour,                                                                  sale.                                                     02 31 21 17 06                                     (except on 21st and 28th December)
                                                                           Adults: 6,50 ¤ • Discounted rate: 5,50 ¤                                                                                                                                                                                                 06/01>12/01 and December 24th, 25th and 31st
8                booklets available in 19 languages                                                                                                                                         museedesepaves@orange.fr                           Esplanade Général Eisenhower • 14050 Caen                                                                                9
                                                                           OPENING TIMES                                                25 mins
                 PRICES: Adults: 8.20 ¤• Children (6-18 years old)/                                                                                                                             I                                              02 31 06 06 45 • resa@memorial-caen.fr                       2 Village de l’Amont - Saint Côme-du-Mont
                                                                           Session on the hour and every half hour:               GUIDED TOUR: 30 mins on request                                                                              http://normandy.memorial-caen.com                            50500 Carentan-les-Marais - 02 33 23 61 95
                 students: 6 ¤• Veterans/soldiers: 6.30 ¤                  02/01 > 04/01: 10am-5pm
                                                                                                                                  PRICES: Adults: 4 ¤ • Children (10-15 years old):                                                                                                                         contact@dday-experience.com
                                                                           28/01 > 31/03: 10am-5pm                                                                                                                                                     I    I       I       I       I     I     If I   I

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                                                                                                                                  2.50 ¤ • Under 10s: free                                                                                                                                                  www.dday-experience.com
                 Feb-Nov-Dec: 10am-12.30pm/1.30pm-5pm                      01/04 > 30/04: 10am-6pm                                                                                                                                                 I       I    I       I
                 March-Oct: 9.30am-12.30pm/1.30pm-5.30pm                   01/05 > 31/08: 9.30am-6pm                              OPENING TIMES                                                                                                                                                                     I        I           If I    I   I
                 Apr: 9am-12.30pm/1.30pm-6pm                               01/09 > 30/09: 10am-6pm                                15/04 > 15/09: 9.30am-6pm
                 May-June-July-Aug: 9am-7pm                                01/10 > 31/12: 10am-5pm                                9 rue Colonel René Michel
                 Sept: 9am-6pm                                                 01/01, 05/01>27/01, 25/12                          14117 Arromanches-les-Bains                              COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER                        F1   16   OVERLORD                                                     PRICES: Adults: 8.40 ¤• Discounted rate: 6.10 ¤
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            including children (10-17 years old) - under 10s,
                 Sun: 10am exc. June-July-Aug
                                                                           WEEKLY CLOSING: Mondays in November and                02 14 08 60 98 / 02 31 21 61 49                                                                              MUSEUM                                                       veterans and soldiers in uniform: free
                 Easter weekend: 9am-7pm for 3 days                                                                               kokhans@hotmail.com
                     30 mins before                                        December (except on 21st and 28th December)                                                                                                                         OMAHA BEACH                                                  OPENING TIMES:
                     January and December 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st        Chemin du Calvaire                                            I       I   f   I       I       I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               This unique collection of over 10,000 items                  Feb, March, Oct, Nov, Dec: 10am-5.30pm
                 Place du 6 Juin - 14117 Arromanches-les-Bains             14117 Arromanches-les-Bains                                                                                                                                         illustrates the history of the Battle of Normandy            April, May, Sept: 10am-6.30pm
                 02 31 22 34 31 - info@musee-arromanches.fr                02 31 06 06 45                                                                                                                                                      up to the Liberation of Paris. The 6 armies                  June, July, Aug: 9.30am-7pm
                 www.musee-arromanches.fr                                  resa@arromanches360.com                                                                                                                                             who fought here are presented in life-size                   Lotissement Omaha Center
                                                                           www.arromanches360.com
                     I      I     I     I     I                                                                                                                                                                                                reconstructions with soldiers’ belongings and                14710 Colleville-sur-Mer - 02 31 22 00 55
                                                                               I      I     I     I                                                                                                                                            over 35 vehicles, tanks and weapons.                         contact@overlordmuseum.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            www.overlordmuseum.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1 hr
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                 BAYEUX                                       G2      12   MUSÉE MÉMORIAL
                                                                           DE LA BATAILLE                                                                                                  MERVILLE-FRANCEVILLE                      C2   17   MUSÉE DE                                                     PRICES: Adults: 8 ¤• Children: 5 ¤•
                                                                                                                                PRICES: Adults: 7.50 ¤ • Schoolchildren: 5 ¤ •                                                                                                                              Discounted rate: 7 ¤
                                                                           DE NORMANDIE                                         Children (under 10s): free                                                                                     LA BATTERIE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            OPENING TIMES
                                                                           The Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in            Bayeux Museum Pass available on-site.                                                                          DE MERVILLE                                                  15/03 > 30/09: 9.30am-6.30pm
                                                                           Bayeux, the gateway to the D-Day beaches, is         OPENING TIMES                                                                                                                                                               01/10 > 15/11: 10am-5pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The Merville Battery, located between Cabourg
                                                                           the only site in the region to present the milita-   01/05 > 30/09: 9.30am-6.30pm                                                                                                                                                    30 mins before        16/11 > 14/03
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               and Ouistreham is one of D-Day’s most iconic
                                                                           ry operations that took place on Norman soil in      01/10 > 30/04: 10am-12.30pm/2pm-6pm                                                                            sites. Learn about the events that took place here           Place du 9e Bataillon
                                                                           summer 1944.                                             45 mins before • January and 25/12
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               as you take a look at the C-47 Dakota aeroplane              14810 Merville-Franceville-Plage
                                                                              1 hr                                              Boulevard Fabian Ware - 14400 Bayeux                                                                           and step inside the bunkers. You can relive the              02 31 91 47 53 - musee@batterie-merville.com
                                                                           GUIDED TOUR: July and August in French,              02 31 51 25 50                                                                                                 battery’s attack in one of them.                             www.batterie-merville.com
                                                                           Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10.30am           bataillenormandie@mairie-bayeux.fr
                                                                              75 mins - Free tour included in museum            www.bayeuxmuseum.com                                                                                              90 mins                                                           I    I       f   I       I   I
                                                                           entry fee.                                               I        I       I       I   f   I
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                                  TO THE D-DAY BEACHES
                                                            C3    18                                                F1       19                                                  A2 20

                                                                                                                                                                                         TILLY-SUR-SEULLES                                       VER-SUR-MER                                                   VIERVILLE-SUR-MER
                                                                                                                                                                                          MUSÉE DE LA                                             MUSÉE AMERICA -                                                MUSÉE D-DAY OMAHA
                                                                                                                                                                                          BATAILLE DE TILLY-                                      GOLD BEACH                                                     In the heart of Omaha Beach, the museum
                                                                                                                                                                                          SUR-SEULLES 1944                                                                                                       (3 000m2) presents thousands of original items
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The AMERICA centre tells the story of the first                in an authentic American building, 200m from
                                                                                                                                                                                          The museum housed in a former 12th century              USA-France airmail connection, the AMERICA’s                   the beach. The museum houses the fabulous
                                                                                                                                                                                          chapel recounts a confidential yet decisive part        forced sea landing in Ver-sur-Mer on July 1st 1927             Brissard collection between the US cemetery
                 RANVILLE                                              SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER                                      SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT                                    of the Battle of Normandy. Field items, photos          and the beginning of airmail. The GOLD BEACH                   (4km) and Pointe du Hoc (7km).
                                                                                                                                                                                          and testimonials provide an insight into the            centre tells the story of the British landings in
                                                                                                                                                                                          struggle that went on for the liberation of Tilly,                                                                         45 mins
                 MUSÉE MÉMORIAL                                        MUSÉE MÉMORIAL                                             MUSÉE DU                                                                                                        the KING sector on GOLD on June 6th 1944.
                                                                                                                                                                                          from July 7th to 19th 1944.                                                                                            GUIDED TOUR: In French only, prior booking
                 PEGASUS                                               D’OMAHA BEACH                                              DÉBARQUEMENT                                                                                                       40 min                                                      required (at least 72 hrs in advance).
                                                                                                                                                                                             45 mins
                 The museum is devoted to the 6th British Air-         Dive deep into the history of D-Day on Omaha               DE UTAH BEACH                                           GUIDED TOUR:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  PRICES: Adults: 4.50 ¤• Students (over 15s): 2.50 ¤            PRICES: Adults: 6 ¤ • Children (8-15 years old): 3.50 ¤ •
                 borne Division, the first liberators to set foot on   Beach. Our museum is 200m from the beach                                                                                                                                   Children (5-15 years old): 2 ¤• Discounted rate: 3.50 ¤        Discounted rate: 5 ¤ • Guided tour rate: 7 ¤ •
                                                                                                                                  Utah Beach Museum stands in the exact spot              booking required, from 10 participants
                 Norman soil on the night of June 5th to 6th 1944.     with an extensive collection of authentic items,                                                                                                                           OPENING TIMES: 17/03 > 31/10:                                  Under 8s and veterans (39-45): free
                                                                                                                                  where American troops landed in Normandy on             PRICES: Single rate: 4 ¤ • Under 12s, veterans: free
                 The museum depicts the glider division’s many         uniforms, weapons, vehicles, archive photos and                                                                                                                            10.30am-1pm/2pm-6pm (Sun 11am-1pm/2pm-5pm)
                                                                                                                                  June 6th 1944 and depicts in 10 stages the events       Guided tour: 5 ¤
                 operations, the most famous being the capture         a period documentary film (25 mins) alongside                                                                                                                              • June, July, August: daily                                    OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                  of D-Day from its preparation to its outcome and
                 of Pegasus Bridge.                                    testimonials from US veterans.                                                                                     OPENING TIMES                                           • March, April, May, September, October: closed Monday         01/04 > 31/05: 10.30am-6pm
                                                                                                                                  success.                                                                                                                                                                       01/06 > 31/08: 10am-7pm
                    75 mins                                               1 hr                                                                                                            01/05 > 29/09 weekends and bank holidays:                    30 mins before
                                                                                                                                     90 mins                                              10am-12pm/2pm-6pm                                                                                                      01/09 > 30/09: 10.30am-6pm
                 PRICES: Adults: 8 ¤• Children/Students: 5,50 ¤        PRICES: Adults: 7 ¤• Children (7-15 years old): 4 ¤                                                                                                                        2 place Amiral Byrd
                                                                                                                                  GUIDED TOUR: booking required May to                    Chapelle Notre Dame du Val                                                                                                 01/10 > 31/03
                 Free: under 8s                                        Students (16-25 years old): 5.60 ¤                                                                                                                                         Centre St-Exupéry - 14114 Ver-sur-Mer
                                                                                                                                  September, subject to guide availability                14250 Tilly-sur-Seulles - 06 07 59 46 02                                                                               Route de Grandcamp Maisy
                                                                       OPENING TIMES                                                                                                                                                              02 31 22 58 58 - america.goldbeach@sfr.fr
10               OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                  PRICES: Adults: 8 ¤• Children (6-15 years old): 5 ¤     association@tilly1944.com                               www.goldbeachmusee.fr                                          14710 Vierville-sur-Mer - 02 31 21 71 80                    11
                 01/02 > 31/03: 10am-5pm                               Feb: 10am-5pm • March: 10am-6pm •                                                                                  www.tilly1944.com
                                                                                                                                  Museum tour supplement: 1.50 ¤• Full site tour                                                                                                                                 d.dayomaha@orange.fr - www.dday-omaha.fr
                 01/04 > 30/09: 9.30am-6.30pm                          Apr/May: 9.30am-6.30pm • June: 9.30am-7pm                                                                                                                                         If I        I     I
                 01/10 > 15/12: 10am-5pm                               July/Aug: 9.30am-7.30pm • Sept: 9.30am-6.30pm              supplement (museum and beach): 4 ¤                          I      I     I                                                                                                          I      I     If I        I     I

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                                                                       Oct/Mid-Nov: 9.30am-6pm                                    OPENING TIMES
                     January and 16/12 > 31/12
                 Avenue du Major Howard
                                                                           1 hr before                                            October to May: 10am-6pm                                                                                                      MILITARIA
                                                                          15/11 > 06/02                                           June to September: 9.30am-7pm
                 14860 Ranville
                 02 31 78 19 44                                        Avenue de la Libération                                        1 hr before                                                                                      H1   25
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ARROMANCHES MILITARIA
                 info@memorial-pegasus.org                             14710 Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer                                    01/12 > 25/12 & 31/12                                                                                       Antiques shop specialising in authentic World                      January
                 www.memorial-pegasus.org                              02 31 21 97 44                                             Utah Beach - 50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont                                                                         War II pieces.                                                 11 boulevard Gilbert Longuet
                                                                       contact@musee-memorial-omaha.com                           02 33 71 53 35 - musee@utah-beach.com                                                                                                                                          14117 Arromanches-les-Bains
                     I     I     If I       I                          www.musee-memorial-omaha.com                               www.utah-beach.com                                                                                              OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Daily from early February to mid-November and                  02 31 21 51 04
                                                                            I     I       If I     I                                      I       I       I       If I   I   I                                                                    Christmas holidays: 10am-6pm (Sunday 11am-6pm)                 arromanchesmilitaria@free.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and from May to September 10am-7pm (Sunday                     www.arromanchesmilitaria.com
                                                                                                                                      I       I       I       I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  11am-7pm)                                                           I      If
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  INDEPENDENT GUIDES
                 SAINTE-MÈRE-EGLISE                         A2    21    AIRBORNE                                                  OPENING TIMES
                                                                        MUSEUM                                                    February, March: 10am-6pm • April: 9.30am-                  YOURNORMANDYGUIDE                                                                D-DAY TAGESAUSFLUG AUF DEUTSCH
                                                                        Relive the D-Day landings alongside American              6.30pm • May, June, July, Aug: 9am-7pm
                                                                                                                                  Sept: 9.30am-6.30pm • Oct, Nov: 10am-6pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Follow me on the routes of Normandy                    Full-day D-Day excursion in German or French. With Franco-German relations
                                                                        parachutists! Get on board real planes, leap into                                                                                               and learn about its history! Whether                   in mind, this day has been designed particularly for the younger generation of
                                                                        June 6th 1944 and land in Sainte-Mère-Eglise in                1 hr before                                                                      you wish to explore the D-Day beaches,                 Germans who have come to Normandy wanting to learn about their history and
                                                                        the midst of battle. New: Hyper realistic expe-               Jan and Dec except during Christmas holidays                                      Bayeux, the Côte Fleurie area or Mont                  ours. Individuals, families and groups.
                                                                        rience thanks to the Histopad tablet!                     and 24/12, 25/12, 31/12 and 01/01                                                     Saint-Michel, our beautiful region is                  PRICES
                                                                           90 mins - 2hrs                                         14 rue Eisenhower                                                                     sure to surprise and enchant you!                      Option 1 (I take your vehicle) • Up to 3 people: 200 ¤
                                                                                                                                  50480 Sainte-Mère-Eglise                                                                                                                     Ask about 3 people or more and groups
                                                                        PRICES:                                                                                                               OPENING TIMES:
                                                                                                                                  02 33 41 41 35                                                                                                                               Option 2 (I provide a minibus and driver) • Up to 3 people: 250 ¤
                                                                        Adults: 9.90 ¤                                                                                                        all year round upon reservation
                                                                                                                                  infos@airborne-museum.org                                                                                                                    50 ¤ per extra person (maximum 7)
                                                                        Children (6-16 years old): 6 ¤                            www.airborne-museum.org                                     06 89 88 89 80
                                                                        Family pass (2 adults/2 children): 28 ¤ €                                                                             contact@yournormandyguide.com                                                    OPENING TIMES: all year round upon reservation
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                                                                                                                                                                                              www.yournormandyguide.com 		                           f    I                    06 20 17 39 60 • info@ddaytagesausflug.fr • www.ddaytagesausflug.fr
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BAYEUX BESSIN, GATEWAY                                                                                                                     MONT SAINT-MICHEL
                                                                                                                                                                            SHUTTLE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   NORMANDYONTOUR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Licence n°2018/28/0000616
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          NORMANDY TOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Licence n° 2018/28/0000294

                                 TO THE D-DAY BEACHES
                                                                                                                                                                            Licence n° 2014/25/0000290                                                                                    Half-day guided tours of the D-Day and Bessin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Tours to the D-Day Landing Beaches with a British      beaches (F, GB) in a minibus seating 1-8 people.
                                                                                                                                                                            Daily shuttle bus to Mont Saint-Michel: 8.30am         guide in a luxury 8-seat vehicle. American,
                                                                                                                                                                            departure from Bayeux behind Hotel Churchill.                                                                 Departure from Hôtel de la Gare or your hotel.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Canadian & British D-Day sectors.
                                                                                                                                                                            10am arrival in Mont Saint-Michel. 3 hours of                                                                 PRICES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   PRICES                                                 Half day (departs 8am): Pointe du Hoc, Omaha
                                                                                                                                                                            free time to explore Mont Saint-Michel. 1pm de-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Full day: 110 ¤/pers.                                  Beach sector, US Military Cemetery, Visitor Centre.
                                                                                                                                                                            parture from Mont Saint-Michel. 2.30pm arrival         • The Allied Experience Tour (8.45am-5.45pm):
                                                                                                                                                                            in Bayeux.                                                                                                    Adults: 70 ¤- Students: 60 ¤- Children: 50¤
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   American, Canadian & British sectors.                  Half day (departs 1.15pm): D-Day Museum in
                                                                                                                                                                            PRICES                                                 • The American Beaches Tour (8.45am-5.45pm):           Arromanches, German Battery in
                                                                                                                                                                            68 ¤ return per person including entry to the abbey    American sector + Airborne Museum.                     Longues-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach sector and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • The Mont Saint-Michel Tour (8.45am-5.45pm):          US Military Cemetery, Pointe du Hoc.
                                                                                                                                                                            OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Free time in Mont Saint-Michel + return journey via    Adults: 77 ¤ - Students: 67 ¤ - Children: 57 ¤ (visit to
                                                                                                                                                                            02/03 > 31/10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the Landing Beaches including 1hour guided tour:       D-Day Museum Arromanches incl.)
                                                                                                                                                                            Hôtel Churchill - Churchill Shuttle                    Normandy American Cemetery and Visitor Center or
                                                                                                                                                                            14-16 rue Saint Jean                                   Overlord Museum.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                            14400 Bayeux
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Half-day: 70 ¤/pers.                                   01/04 > 31/10 (Tuesday to Sunday): 8am-10pm
                                                                                                                                                                            02 31 21 31 80 • info@hotel-churchill.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • The Canadian and British Sector Tour (8.45am-
                                                                                                                                                                            www.hotel-churchill.fr                                                                                        26 place de la Gare - 14400 Bayeux
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   12.45pm).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          02 31 92 10 70 - j-m-bacon@wanadoo.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • The American Sector Tour (1.45pm-5.45pm).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          www.normandy-landing-tours.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   DEPARTURE: place de Québec 8.45am-5.45pm (or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   from the train station of Bayeux 9.45am-5.45pm:
                                                                                                                                                                            NORMANDY                                               please contact us for more info) - Check-in possible
                                                                                                                                                                            EXCURSIONS                                             10 mins before departure - Online booking.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          OPHORUS
                                                                                                                                                                            Licence n° 2016/25/0000200                             Iain HENNELLY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Licence n°2016/75/0000119
                                                                                                                                                                            Revisit the historical D-Day Landings sites, re-       6 voie Panoramique
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   14960 Saint-Côme-de-Fresné                             Expert in small group tours, Ophorus offers
                                                                                                                                                                            live key moments of D-Day and experience this
                                                                       MINIBUS EXCURSIONS                                                                                   turning point in World War II.                         07 83 81 09 21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   admin@normandyontour.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          guided tours in a minibus departing from Bayeux.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Visits include some of the major attractions in
                                                                                                                                                                            PRICES                                                 www.normandyontour.com                                 Normandy.
                                                        Departure: Place de Québec in Bayeux                                                                                - Full day (8am-6pm)
                                                                                                                                                                            US, Anglo-Canadian sector: 105 ¤
                                                                                                                                                                            - Half-day (8am-1.30pm or 12pm-6pm)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   f   I     I      I    I    I     I                     PRICES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          - Half-day and full-day tours of the U.S. and Canadian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          sectors
12                                                                                                                                                                          US, Anglo-Canadian sector: 75 ¤                                                                                                                                          13
                 BAYEUX SHUTTLE                                      CASTLES &                                           GOLD                                               - Mont Saint-Michel transfer:                                                                                 - Mont Saint-Michel and gourmet tour with tastings
                 Licence n° 2018/28/0000759
                                                                     APPLES TOUR                                         BEACH                                              85 ¤ including entry to the abbey                      NORMANDY                                               of local products.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          half-day: 70 ¤ per person - full-day: 100 ¤ per person
                 Guided tours in English of the D-Day beaches        Licence n° 2015/25/0000102
                                                                                                                         COMPANY                                            17 rue Tardif - 14400 Bayeux                           SIGHTSEEING

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     T HI NGS TO DO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Discounts for children, seniors and large families.
T HIN GS TO DO

                 in the American, British and Canadian sectors.                                                                                                             06 42 56 12 28
                 Shuttle bus to Mont Saint-Michel.
                                                                     CHATEAUX - HERITAGE TOUR: Explore Norman            Licence n° 2016/25/0000088
                                                                                                                                                                            booking@normandyexcursions.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   TOURS                                                  OPENING TIMES: March to November
                                                                     heritage in Bessin: Daily departure: 9.30am Place   We’ve put all our experience into bringing you                                                            Licence n° 2015/25/0000217
                                                                                                                                                                            www.normandyexcursions.com                                                                                    05 56 15 26 09
                 PRICES                                              de Québec or from your hotel (4pm return).          an exciting trip back in time accompanied by a                                                            Your guide would love to share 15 years of             info@ophorus.com
                 D-Day Beaches Half-Day: from 60 ¤/pers.
                 D-Day Beaches Full Day: from 110 ¤/pers.
                                                                     PRICES                                              passionate guide! Tailor-made service.             f    I     I                                           experience meeting veterans and families of            www.ophorus.com
                                                                     95 ¤ per person                                                                                                                                               allied soldiers buried in Normandy.
                 Mont Saint-Michel: from 70 ¤/pers.                                                                      PRICES
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                                                                     OPENING TIMES                                       Half-day (1.30pm-6pm): Gold Beach and Omaha
                 OPENING TIMES
                                                                     01/05 > 31/10                                       Beach: Arromanches - Longues-sur-Mer -             NORMANDY                                               • 8.30am-12pm: Adults: 65 ¤ - Students: 55 ¤ -
                 Open all year round (peak season from April to                                                                                                                                                                       Children: 45 ¤
                                                                     ALBION VOYAGES
                                                                                                                         Omaha Beach - US cemetery - Pointe du Hoc          EXCURSIONS
                 October, off season from November to March)
                                                                                                                         Adults: 75 ¤ - Students/Children: 65 ¤                                                                       A-1 Tour: Omaha Beach - B-1 Tour: Gold Beach        OVERLORDTOUR
                 1 rue Larcher - 14400 Bayeux
                                                                     02 31 30 26 14
                                                                                                                         Full day (8.30am-5.30pm):
                                                                                                                                                                            & TOURS                                                • 1.15pm-6pm: Adults: 75 ¤ - Students: 65 ¤ -         Licence n°2017/75/0000499
                                                                     bayeux@albion-voyages.com                                                                              Licence n° 2017/28/0000239                                Children: 55 ¤
                 09 70 44 49 89                                                                                          Sainte-Mère-Eglise - Utah Beach (including
                                                                     www.albion-voyages.com                                                                                                                                           A-2 Tour: Omaha Beach                               Relive milestone events from the Second World
                 bookings@bayeuxshuttle.com                                                                              Airborne museum or Utah Beach) - Pointe du Hoc -   Fancy joining in a group tour to the American
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      B-2 Tour: Sword Beach and British Airborne          War with guides with a passion for the subject.
                 www.bayeuxshuttle.com                                                                                   Omaha Beach - US Cemetery                          D-Day beaches or Mont Saint Michel? We can offer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      C-2 Tour: Juno Beach                                PRICES
                                                                                                                         Adults: 100 ¤ - Students/children: 85 ¤            this service. You will never forget this experience!   • 8.30am-6pm: Adults: 110 ¤ - Students: 90 ¤ -        • Half-day : 65 ¤ per person
                                                                                                                         Full day Canadian tour: Saint-Aubin-s/mer -        PRICES                                                    Children: 70 ¤                                      (8.20am-12.30pm/1pm or 1.45pm-5.30pm/6pm)
                                                                                                                         Bernières-s/mer - Courseulles-s/mer (includes      D-Day beaches US sectors full day                         E-1 Tour: US Airborne, Utah Beach and Omaha Beach   Tour 1: Omaha Sector
                                                                                                                         the Juno Beach Center) - Canadian Cemetery         (9am-5.30pm): US cemetery, Omaha Beach,                • Mont Saint-Michel (8.30am-4.30pm): including        • Full day (8.20am-5.30pm/6pm): 110 ¤ per person
                                                                                                                         Reviers/Beny - Abbey of Ardennes - Carpiquet       Pointe du Hoc, Sainte Mère Eglise, Utah Beach,            entry to the abbey and tour                         Tour 2: Omaha/Utah
                                                                  Longues-sur-Mer                                        Adults : 100 ¤ - Students/children : 85 ¤          Angoville-au-Plain - 100 ¤ per person                  • Combined tours: A1/B1 + A2/B2/C2 for the same       Tour 3: Omaha/Band of Brothers
                                                                  German battery »                                       Boulevard Winston Churchill
                                                                                                                         14400 Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
                                                                                                                                                                            Mont Saint-Michel shuttle bus (8.20am-4.15pm):
                                                                                                                                                                            including entry to the abbey - Including Normandy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      price as a full day                                 Tour 4: British/Canadian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tour 5: 101st Airborne
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       01/01, 02/01, 25/12
                                                                                                                         09 67 82 05 14                                     speciality tasting session - 70 ¤ per person                                                                  • Mont Saint-Michel Tour: 75 ¤ per person
                                                                                                                         contact@normandy-dday-tours.com                                                                           5474 Boulevard Winston Churchill
                                                                                                                                                                            OPENING TIMES: Open all year round                     14400 Saint-Vigor-le-Grand                             OPENING TIMES: 01/03 > 31/10
                                                                                                                         www.normandy-dday-tours.com
                                                                                                                                                                            13 rue Paul Yves Ezanno                                02 31 51 70 52 - contact@normandy-st.com               07 89 00 28 41
                                                                                                                                                                            14117 Arromanches-les-Bains                            www.normandy-sightseeing-tours.com                     office.overlordtour@orange.fr
                                                                                                                                                                            06 16 45 32 14                                                                                                www.overlordtour.com
                                                                                                                                                                            contact@normandy-excursions-and-tours.com                  I     I
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        TOURS
                                      TO THE D-DAY BEACHES                                                                                                                                          MARITIME CULTURE                                                                                                                                                        G1

                                                                              PRIVATE TOURS                                                                                                    MARINA                               MARINE ACCESSORY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        BOUTIQUE
                 NORMANDY                                             NORMANDY                                              OVERLORDTOUR                                                                                     G1                                                                                    G1

                 EXCURSIONS                                           TOURS                                                 Licence n°2017/75/0000499
                                                                      Licence n° 2018/28/0000294                            Overlordtour provides private tours to give you
                 & TOURS
                 Licence n° 2017/28/0000239                           Normandy Tours provides half-day private tours        a more personal experience as you explore the                                                                                TOUT
                                                                                                                            D-Day sites in Normandy.
                 Treat yourself to a private tour of the D-Day        of the D-Day beaches in French and English.                                                                                                                                        L’UNI-DE LA
                 beaches, Mont Saint-Michel or anywhere else in       Departures from Hôtel de la Gare opposite the
                                                                      station or from your hotel. Private tours for 1-8
                                                                                                                            PRICES
                                                                                                                            520 ¤ (1-4 people)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         VERSMER
                 Normandy! You’ll never forget your experience
                 with Normandy Excursions & Tours! We would           people on request.                                    580 ¤ (5-8 people)                                                                                                                   www.comptoirdelamer.fr

                                                                                                                            1200 ¤ (9-16 people)
                 love to share our passion for Norman history         OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PORT-EN-BESSIN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                MODE PÊCHE NAUTISME DÉCO LOISIRS ALIMENTAIRE CULTURE COSMÉTIQUES

                 with you.                                            01/04 > 31/10 Tuesday to Sunday                       OPENING TIMES                                        PORT-EN-BESSIN                                    PORT-EN-BESSIN PORT EN BESSIN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  4 Quai Philippe Oblet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            GRANVILLE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Quai Sud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             CHERBOURG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Quai de l’entrepôt

                                                                      26 place de la Gare                                   01/03 > 31/12
                 PRICES
                 Full day private tour of the US D-Day beach          14400 Bayeux                                          07 89 00 28 41                                       BERTHS FOR                                        COMPTOIR DE LA MER                                                                   CENTRE CULTUREL
                 sectors:                                             02 31 92 10 70                                        office.overlordtour@orange.fr                        YACHTS                                            Comptoir de la Mer brings sea dogs clothing for                                      LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR
                 - 1-3 people: 520 ¤                                  j-m-bacon@wanadoo.fr                                  www.overlord.com                                                                                       all the family, fishing equipment, nautical items,
                                                                      www.normandy-landing-tours.com                                                                             Port-en-Bessin is an exciting stop in the heart                                                                                        Seven themed tours explore life in a fishing har-
                 - 4-8 people: 580 ¤                                                                                                I                                                                                              cultural objects, cosmetics and regional pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                 of the 1st fishing harbour in Normandy, near                                                                                           bour: the rocky foreshore and its flora and fauna
                 - 9-12 people (in the same vehicle): 1100 ¤                                                                                                                                                                       duce. Support French traditional fishing when
                 - 13-16 people (in the same vehicle): 1300 ¤                                                                                                                    the D-Day beaches and medieval town of                                                                                                 at low tide / unloading the day’s catch at the fish
                                                                                                                                                                                 Bayeux. 24m pontoon and welcome facility for      you shop at Comptoir de la Mer.                                                      market (Tuesday night only min. 10 participants) /
                 Private tours throughout Normandy on request.
                                                                                                                                                                                 yachtsmen (with charge). Shops and restaurants.   OPENING TIMES                                                                        the port and its infrastructures / Seurat and
                 13 rue Paul Yves Ezanno
                 14117 Arromanches-les-Bains
                                                                                                      PRIVATE VEHICLE                                                            Please contact the Tourist Information Office.    01/10 > 01/04:                                                                       Signac scenery / the port in June 1944 / a fish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mon-Fri 10am-12.30pm/2.30pm-6.30pm (7pm Sat),                                        wholesaler’s workshop / the shipyard.
                 06 16 45 32 14                                                                       WITH CHAUFFEUR                                                             OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sun 9.30am-1pm/3pm-7pm. Closed on                                                    GUIDED TOUR: booking required with a
                 contact@normandy-excursions-and-tours.com                                                                                                                       April to October                                  Tuesday apart from during half-term.                                                 morning and afternoon departure subject
                 www.normandy-excursions-and-tours.com
14                                                                                                                                                                               Office de tourisme de Bayeux Intercom             01/04 > 14/07 & 19/08 > 30/09:                                                       to schedule and availability                             15
                                                                      WORLD WAR II                                          UNFORGETTABLE                                        Bureau de Port-en-Bessin                          Mon-Sat 10am-12.30pm/2.30pm-7pm -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PRICES: Adults: 5.50 ¤ • Children (10-15 years old):
                                                                      VETERANS’ MEMORIES                                    NORMANDY                                             02 31 22 45 80                                    Sun 9.30am-1pm/3pm-7pm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3 ¤• Under 10s: free • Family ticket (2 adults + 2
                                                                      EVTC 01419001301                                      EVTC 01417000301                                     www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   14/07 > 19/08: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,                                           children (10-15 years old)): 15 ¤
                                                                      Our company creates a unique experience by            Private tours to suit your needs with a passio-                                                        Thursday and Saturday: 10am-7pm -
                 NORMANDYONTOUR                                       focusing on sharing the personal accounts of          nate and experienced guide. D-Day beaches, US,                                                         Friday 10am-11pm and Sunday 9.30am-7pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        OPENING TIMES: 02/01 > 31/12
                 Licence n° 2018/28/0000616                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             10am-12.30pm/2pm-6pm Monday-Friday
                                                                      those who have served during WWII. Our pri-           British and Canadian sectors, full day or half-day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   4 quai Philippe Oblet                                                                    01/01 & 25/12 • Saturday afternoon and
                                                                      vate tours offer the flexibility to individualize     from your hotel, station etc.                                                                          14520 Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
                                                                      your experience. We have designed multiple                                                                                                                                                                                                        Sunday. No tours on Wednesday afternoon.
                 D-Day group tours in English with a British                                                                PRICES                                                                                                 02 31 51 16 80
                 guide in a luxury 8-seat Mercedes Tourer:            tours which allow you to view the major places        D-Day beaches full day: 500 ¤                                                                          contact@copeport.com                                                                 2 rue du Croiseur Montcalm
                 American, Canadian & British D-Day sectors or        linked to D-Day in Normandy.                          Mont Saint-Michel: 350 ¤                                                                               www.comptoirdelamer.fr                                                               14520 Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
                                                                                                                            Honfleur: 600 ¤                                                                                                                                                                             02 31 21 92 33 - visites@portenbessin-huppain.fr
                 visits to Mont Saint-Michel, Deauville, Trouville    PRICES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        www.portenbessin-huppain.fr
                 and Giverny, Saint-Malo, Honfleur, La Loire or Le    Full Day Tour: 500 ¤ - Step on Full Day Tour: 380 ¤   07 78 95 34 66
                 Pays d’Auge (sampling of Calvados & cheese).         Half Day Tour: 300 ¤ - Step on Half Day Tour: 200 ¤   contact@unforgettable-normandy.com                                                                                                                                                              I
                 PRICES                                               OPENING TIMES                                         https://unforgettable-normandy.com

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                 Bespoke tours from 420 ¤                             01/03 > 31/12
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                 OPENING PERIOD:                                      06 76 24 14 84
                 Open all year round. Secure online booking.          ww2vmtours@gmail.com                                                                                          CHERBOURG                                        A1
                 NB: Check-in 10 mins before departure.               https://ww2veteransmemories.org
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            LA CITÉ DE                                                                      OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            08/02 > 31/12: 9.30am-6pm (7pm in July
                 DEPARTURE:
                 • From your hotel (Bayeux/Caen): Monday to Sun-
                                                                          I   f   I   I                                                                                                                                                     LA MER                                                                          and August) • Opening times can vary accor-
                 day from 9.45am* to 5.45pm (*or 8.45am on request)                                                                                                                                                                         Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg: Dive into                                          ding to time of year
                 or from Place de Québec in Bayeux.                                                                                                                                                                                         a sea adventure! Situated in the former                                               90 mins before •          01/01 > 08/02
                 • From the Bayeux train station: 9.45am-5.45pm                                                                                                                                                                             Transatlantic terminal, Cité de la Mer is the
                 Monday to Friday (suitable for full day excursions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Low season closing dates available to view
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            attraction in Normandy devoted to Man’s                                         on www.citedelamer.com
                 from Paris by train).                                                                                                                                                                                                      great undersea adventure and the ocean’s
                 6 voie Panoramique                                                                                                                                                                                                         mesmerizing depths.                                                             Gare Maritime Transatlantique
                 14960 Saint-Come-de-Fresne                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Cherbourg-Octeville
                 07 83 81 09 21
                 admin@normandyontour.com
                                                                          Omaha Beach                                                                                                                                                       PRICES                                                                          50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
                 www.normandyontour.com                                   « Les Braves »                                                                                                                                                    Adults: 19 ¤
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Children (5-17 years old): 14 ¤
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            02 33 20 26 69
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            info@citedelamer.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Under 5s: free but they can’t visit                                             www.citedelamer.com
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                                                                                                                                                                                       CATHÉDRALE                                                   VIEUX BAYEUX                                               DISCOVERY WALKS
                                                                                                                                                                                       DE BAYEUX                                                    Entirely spared during the events of 1944, the             CITY TOUR BAYEUX
                                                                                                                                                                                       The cathedral - which was consecrated in 1077                historic centre offers a remarkable architectural
                                                                                                                                                                                       by Bishop Odo de Conteville, the half-brother of             ensemble. From the foundation of Bayeux to                 An enjoyable and informative city tour of Old
                                                                                                                                                                                       William the Conqueror - was the original show-               General de Gaulle’s famous speech, anecdotes,              Bayeux. Discover our exceptional medieval
                                                                                                                                                                                       case for the Bayeux Tapestry. Revealing the                  heritage and curiosities retrace 2000 years of             Normandy town, its history, architecture, anecdotes
                                                                                                                                                                                       Romanesque and Gothic splendour of the                       the city’s extraordinary history.                          and colourful expressions. Recommanded on
                                                                                                                                                                                       church, the tour also includes access to                                                                                Tripadvisor / Rick Steeves. Available in French or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    GUIDED TOUR:                                               English, please refer to our website.
                                                                                                                                                                                       the Treasury and Chapter Room.                               from Monday to Friday: 06/07 > 04/09 : 11.15am
                                                                                                                                                                                       GUIDED TOUR:                                                 (in English) and 3.30pm (in French). Other school          GUIDED TOUR(GB): available in English EVERY
                                                                                                                                                                                       Monday to Friday: 06/07 > 04/09: 10am (in                    holidays (subject to schedule) bilingual tour at 3.30pm    DAY, no need to book: at 9.30am from April to
                                                                                                                                                                                       English) and 2:15pm (in French). Other school holidays                                                                  September and 5pm in April, May, June and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       90 mins - Departure: main entrance of the               September. Private tours in English or French all
                                                                                                                                                                                       (subject to schedule) bilingual tour at 2:15pm
                                                                    MUSEUMS & MONUMENTS                                                                                                    1hr - Departure: cathedral main entrance.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    cathedral. Tickets available on-site or from the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tourist Office.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               year round on request (at specific rates) and subject
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               to availability (minimum 2 adults).
                                                                                                                                                                                       Tickets available on-site or from the Tourist Office.        PRICES:
                                                                                                                                                                                       Limited to 17 pers.                                                                                                     PRICES: Adults: 15 ¤ • Children: free
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adults: 5 ¤ • Children (11-17 years old): 3 ¤ •
                                                                                                 G2                                                                               G2   PRICES: Adults: 5 ¤ • Children (11-17 years old): 3 ¤        Free for under 10s                                         OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                       Free for under 10s                                                                                                      Guided tours in English: 01/04 > 30/09
16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR: 23 information                   Other times: please email or phone us.                  17
                                                                                                                                                                                       OPENING TIMES                                                panels • Map available from the tourist office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               07 70 18 46 53 / 07 83 02 70 27
                                                                                                                                                                                       01/01 > 31/12 : 8.30am-7pm                                   Office de tourisme de Bayeux Intercom                      discovery.walks.bayeux@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                                                       Sunday mass at 10.30am                                       Bureau de Bayeux - 02 31 51 28 28

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               www.discovery-walks.org
                                                                                                                                                                                       Office de tourisme de Bayeux Intercom                        www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com
                                                                                                                                                                                       Bureau de Bayeux - 02 31 51 28 28
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    LE P’TIT TRAIN DE BAYEUX
                 TAPISSERIE                                                                           MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE                                                                                                                     The little tourist train takes you around Bayeux           Departure from Bayeux Cathedral
                 DE BAYEUX                                                                            BARON GÉRARD (MAHB)                                                                                                                           old town, its landmarks, the Battle of Normandy            rue Lambert Leforestier:
                 This embroidered wall hanging is a masterpiece of Romanesque art.                    The MAHB and its collections are displayed in the former episcopal                                                                            Museum (stop on request), British military                 11am-11.45am-12.30pm-2pm-
                 Measuring 70m long and 50cm high, it illustrates William’s conquest                                                                                                                                                                cemetery and memorial and the war reporter                 2.45pm-3.30pm-4.15pm-5pm-5.45pm-6.30pm
                                                                                                      palace (11th-16th century) near the Bayeux Cathedral. Explore every aspect of
                 of England in 1066. This unique insight into medieval life in Europe is listed                                                                                                                                                     memorial.                                                  Departure from the Battle of Normandy Memorial
                                                                                                      artistic creation in Europe from Prehistory to the 20th century.                                                                                                                                         Museum: (1/05-15/09): 11.10am-11.55am-12.40pm-
                 on the UNESCO Memory of the World register.                                                                                                                                                                                           35 mins • Tickets available from the driver
                                                                                                         90 mins                                                                                                                                                                                               2.10pm-2.55pm-3.40pm-4.25pm-5.10pm-5.55pm
                    1 hr                                                                                                                                                                                                                            PRICES: Adults: 6 ¤• Children (3-12 years old): 3.50 ¤     Oct-Nov: last departure at 5.45pm from the cathedral
                                                                                                      GUIDED TOUR: July and August in French, Monday, Tuesday,
                 UNACCOMPANIED AND AUDIOGUIDE TOUR:                                                   Thursday, Friday: 3pm                                                                                                                         OPENING TIMES: 01/04 > 01/11                               02 97 56 67 46 - 07 86 46 32 95
                 16 languages / junior commentary F and GB                                            Tour duration: 75 mins - Free tour included in museum entry fee                                                                               Departure from the Tourist Office:                         petit.train-duloch@wanadoo.fr
                 PRICES: Standard rate: 9.50 ¤ • Discounted rate: 7.50 ¤ • Schoolchildren: 5 ¤        PRICES: Adults: 7.50 ¤ • Schoolchildren: 5 ¤ • Children (under 10s): free                                                                     10.45am-11.30am-12.15pm-1.50pm-2.30pm-3.15pm-                   I
                 Child (under 10s): free                                                              Bayeux Museum pass available on-site.                                                                                                         4pm-4.45pm-5.30pm-6.15pm • On market days
                 Bayeux Museum pass available on-site.                                                                                                                                                                                              (Wednesdays) departures from the Tourist Office
                                                                                                      OPENING TIMES                                                                                                                                 begin at 2:30pm.
                 OPENING TIMES                                                                        01/05 > 30/09: 9.30am-6.30pm • 01/10 > 30/04: 10am-12pm/2pm-6pm
                 01/03 > 31/10: 9am-6.30pm (7pm May to August)                                            45 mins before •   January and Christmas Day
                 01/11 > 29/02: 9.30am-12.30pm/2pm-6pm
                                                                                                      37 rue du Bienvenu - 14400 Bayeux - 02 31 51 25 50
                     45 mins before • January and Christmas Day
                                                                                                      mahb@mairie-bayeux.fr                                                                                                                                 Walk in the Aure Valley »
                 13 bis rue Nesmond - 14400 Bayeux - 02 31 51 25 50                                   www.bayeuxmuseum.com                                                                                                          From the sensitive natural area in the south of Bayeux to the Haizerie
                 tapisserie@mairie-bayeux.fr - www.bayeuxmuseum.com
                                                                                                          I      I     I     I    I   f   I   I                                                                                     Farm in Vaux-sur-Aure to the north, take a gentle stroll along the river
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and enjoy the beautiful countryside around Bayeux.
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                 CAEN                                                                             FALAISE
                  ABBAYE AUX DAMES                                                                 CHÂTEAU GUILLAUME-
                                                                                                   LE-CONQUÉRANT                                                                        COLOMBIÈRES                                           CREULLY-SUR-SEULLES                                     SAINT-GABRIEL-BRÉCY
                  The Abbaye aux Dames was founded in 1060 by Matilda, William
                                                                                                   The Château of Falaise and the city wall form some of the last testimonies
                  the Conqueror’s wife, and consecrated on June 18th 1066. The abbey, a
                                                                                                   to the power of the Dukes of Normandy. Explore the impressive network of             CHÂTEAU DE                                            CHÂTEAU FORT                                            PRIEURÉ
                  masterpiece of Norman Romanesque art, together with the 18th century
                  convent and the French-style garden form a stunning ensemble.                    fortifications and visit a unique ensemble of Anglo-Norman keeps and wall            COLOMBIÈRES                                           DE CREULLY                                              SAINT-GABRIEL
                                                                                                   towers in the heart of the town.                                                     Château de Colombières is one of the best-            An 11th century feudal castle. The estate became        Founded in 1058 by the Fécamp monks upon
                     1 hr                                to Friday and 2pm-6pm at weekends
                                                                                                      75 mins                               OPENING TIMES                               known military fortresses from the feudal period      a real fortress during the Hundred Years’ War.          the Lord of Creully’s request, the Priory of Saint
                  GUIDED TOUR: Convent, abbey            PARK: 01/11 > 31/03 : 8am-6pm
                                                                                                   GUIDED TOUR:
                                                                                                                                            Daily 10am-6pm                              in Lower Normandy and was built between               It was fully decorated in the 17th century. During      Gabriel boasts a 13th century portal, the former
                  and crypt: daily 2.30pm-4pm            01/04 > 31/10 : 8am-8pm
                                                                                                   08/02 > 03/07 & 01/09 > 10/11:
                                                                                                                                            (7pm from 04/07 to 30/08)                   Bayeux and Isigny-sur-Mer near the D-Day              the 1944 Landings, the château was home to the          monks’ refectory, a tower and court room. The
                  PRICES: UNACCOMPANIED TOUR:               01/01, 01/05 and 25/12                                                                                                      beaches. This listed Monument encapsulates            first BBC studio on French soil. The radio museum       chapel’s decor, which became the property of
                                                                                                   3.30pm (long weekends and half-term)         1 hr before •      06/01 > 07/02
                  free • GUIDED TOURS: Standard rate:    Région Normandie - Abbaye aux Dames       04/07 > 30/08:                           and 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nov                    1000 years of Norman history.                         opened in 1994.                                         the Department in 2008, is a jewel of Norman
                  4 ¤• Discounted rate: 2 ¤              Place Reine Mathilde                      10.30am, 3.30pm, 5pm (daily)                                                                                                                                                                       Romanesque art. The whole site was listed in
                                                                                                                                            Place Guillaume Le Conquérant                  45 mins                                               45 mins
                  Under 18s: free                        14035 Caen Cedex 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1845.
                                                                                                   PRICES: Adults: 8.50 ¤ • Children: 4 ¤   14700 Falaise • 02 31 41 61 44              GUIDED TOUR: July, August, September, on 6 and        GUIDED TOUR: visit the château rooms,
                  OPENING TIMES                          02 31 06 98 45 / 06 48 37 99 80                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1 hr • GUIDED TOUR: July and August at 5.30pm
                                                                                                   Family Pass: 21 ¤ (2 adults and up to    chateauaccueil@falaise.fr                   7 June, exceptional tour of the listed Grand Garden   radio museum, BBC tower and cellar.
                  ABBEY (Normandy Regional               abbayeauxdames@normandie.fr                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (meet in the chapel) - Digital tablets (FR/GB) avai-
                                                                                                   6 children) • Reduced rate (subject to   www.chateau-guillaume-leconquerant.fr       (2pm-7pm)
                  Council head office): 8.30am-          www.normandie.fr/abbayeauxdames                                                                                                                                                      PRICES: CASTLE + MUSEUM : Adults: 6 ¤ - Seniors,        lable during chapel opening times. Videos in French
                  12.30pm/1.30pm-6pm from Monday
                                                                                                   conditions): 6 ¤                              I     I     If I                       PRICES: Adults: 6 ¤ • Under 12s: free                 students, schoolchildren: 4 ¤ - Children (under 12s):
                                                              I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       are subtitled for the hard of hearing.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              free • MUSEUM OF THE RADIO : 4 ¤ - Children
                                                                                                                                                                                        OPENING TIMES                                                                                                 PRICES: Unaccompanied tour: free • Guided
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (under 12s): free • CASTLE: Adults : 6 ¤ - Seniors,
                                                                                                                                                                                        01/07 > 30/09: 2pm-7pm                                                                                        tour: 5 ¤ • Chapel entry: free (except exhibitions)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              students, schoolchildren : 4 ¤ • Children (under

                                  BAYEUX BESSIN, NORMANDY
                                                                                                                                                                                        July and Aug: Monday-Thursday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              12s): free                                              OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                                        Sept: weekend
18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            OPENING TIMES: 03/06 > 30/08 :                          • Free grounds entry: 9am-12pm/2pm-5.30pm             19
                                                                                                                                                                                            6pm                                               Mon 2pm-6pm / Tues, Weds, Thurs 9.30am-12.30pm            (winter), 9am-12pm/2pm-7pm (summer)
                                  OF THE MIDDLE-AGES                                                                                                                                    Le Château - 14710 Colombières
                                                                                                                                                                                        02 31 22 51 65
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              & 2pm-6pm / Fri 9.30am-1pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              30 Place Paillaud - 14480 Creully-sur-Seulles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chapel 2.30pm-6.30pm: weekend in May, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        June, 01/07 > 31/08 daily except Tuesday

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                                                                                                                                                                                        colombieresaccueil@aliceadsl.fr                       02 31 80 10 61                                          1 rue du Prieuré - Saint-Gabriel-Brécy
                                                                                                                                                                                        www.chateau-colombieres.fr
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              mairie@creully-sur-seulles.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              http://chateaudecreully.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      14480 Creully-sur-Seulles - 06 89 45 71 63
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      saintgabrielprieure@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                                                   G1                                                                                                                 www.prieuresaintgabriel.fr
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            BAYEUX BESSIN,
                                                                                                                                                                                                            HERITAGE AND CULTURE
                                                                                                  LONGUES-SUR-MER
                                                                                                   ABBAYE DE LONGUES                                                                    JUAYE-MONDAYE                                           G3     ABBAYE                                            GUIDED TOUR: every Sunday at 3.30pm, every
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         day in July and August at 2.30pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SAINT-MARTIN
                                                                                                   Longues Benedictine Abbey offers an incredible insight into medieval                                                                                                                                  PRICES: Adults: 5 ¤ • Under 12s: free
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       DE MONDAYE
                                                                                                   religious life in Normandy. Restoration work has made it a jewel of Norman                                                                                                                            OPENING TIMES OF THE SHOP
                                                                                                   heritage. It was listed in 2006. Visitors can admire the ruins of the abbey                                                                         A striking classical ensemble of the 18th         Monday to Saturday: 9am-11.45am/2.15pm-
                                                                                                   and surrounding grounds.                                                                                                                            century. Guided tour of the abbey church,         5.45pm - Sunday: 9am-10.45am and after
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       sacristy, main rooms including the library        Mass : 12.15pm-12.40pm/2.30pm-5.45pm
                                                                                                      45 mins                                  Sunday and Monday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       with its 50,000 books. A White Canon who              01/09 > 15/09
                                                                                                   GUIDED TOUR: upon request                17 rue de l’abbaye                                                                                         still lives at the abbey will show you round
                                                                                                                                            14400 Longues-sur-Mer                                                                                                                                        14250 Juaye-Mondaye
                                                                                                   PRICES: Adults: 5 ¤                                                                                                                                 the place he calls home. More than a monu-        02 31 92 58 11
                                                                                                                                            02 31 21 78 41 - isajer@gmail.com                                                                          ment, it’s an experience!
                                                                                                   Under 18s: free                                                                                                                                                                                       hotelier@mondaye.com
                                                                                                                                            www.abbayes-normandie.com/
                                                                                                   OPENING TIMES:                           abbaye/abbaye-de-longues/                                                                                      75 mins                                       www.mondaye.com
                                                                                                   01/05 > 10/08: 2pm-6pm every                                                                                                                        SELF-GUIDED TOUR:                                       I    I
                                                                                                   afternoon Tuesday to Saturday.                I    If I       I     I     I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       authorised outside mass
                                                                                                   Other days on request
BAYEUX BESSIN,                                                                                                                                                                                                               MUSEUMS

                                      HERITAGE AND CULTURE                                                                                                                                     LE MOLAY-LITTRY                                    F3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MUSÉE DE LA MEUNERIE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       In the charming wooded setting of the hamlet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      OPENING TIMES: 11/04>30/06, 01/09>20/09,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      17/10>02/11: 2pm-6pm Wednesday to Sunday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Open on bank holiday. • 01/07-31/08: 10am-
                                                                                      To go further...                                                                                                                                                 of Marcy, the Milling Museum presents the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       activities of a 19th century water mill farm, with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      12:30pm/2pm-6pm daily except Tuesdays.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5.15pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the original mechanical device still in place. Tool
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hameau de Marcy • 14330 Le Molay-Littry
                                                                                    MONUMENTS                                                                                                                                                          collection of a Norman farm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      02 31 21 42 13
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1 hr • UNACCOMPANIED VISIT (F/GB/D)                         musee.meunerie@wanadoo.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      www.ville-molay-littry.fr
                 BALLEROY-SUR-DROME                                   F3
                                                                            CHÂTEAU DE BALLEROY                                       Adults: 7 ¤ - Children: 5.50 ¤                                                                                   PRICES
                                                                            Built in 1631 by the architect François Mansart,
                                                                                                                                      Museum (grounds free) • Adults: 4.50 ¤ - Children:                                                               Adults: 5 ¤ - Children: 2 ¤ - Under 6: free                        I        I       I   f
                                                                                                                                      3.50 ¤ • Grounds Adults: 3 ¤ - Children: free
                                                                            the Balleroy family owned the château until               OPENING TIMES: 01/04 > 30/09: 10.45am-6pm
                                                                            Malcom S. Forbes bought it in 1970. One of the            • April, May, June and September and All Saints school
                                                                            outbuildings houses the museum which presents             holidays: Wed-Sun. • July, August: Monday-Sunday.        OSMANVILLE                                         E1   STATION 70 - MUSÉE DE LA RN13
                                                                            the story of the hot-air and gas balloon era.             • Off season: please contact us by mail or phone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Step into your childhood memories! An                          OPENING TIMES
                                                                               45 mins                                                    last guided tour at 5.30pm                                                                                                                                                  01/03 > 31/10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       enthusiast has spent over 40 years collecting
                                                                            GUIDED TOUR (FR/GB) of the château.                       14490 Balleroy-Sur-Drome                                                                                         anything to do with trains, bikes, mopeds,                     Weekdays: 6pm-9pm
                                                                            Written translations: NL, D, E, I                         02 31 21 06 76                                                                                                   motorbikes, cars, toys, miniatures and adverts.                Weekend and bank holidays: 2pm-8pm
                                                                                                                                      contact@chateau-balleroy.fr                                                                                      This museum is all about passion! Tour to the                  Ancienne route nationale 13
                                                                            UNACCOMPANIED TOUR of the museum
                                                                                                                                      www.chateau-balleroy.fr                                                                                          Blockhaus on Sundays at 9.45am.                                14230 Osmanville
                                                                            PRICES: Château + museum (grounds free)
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                                                                            Adults: 9 ¤ - Children: 6.50 ¤ • Château (grounds free)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       UNACCOMPANIED OR GUIDED TOUR                                   www.station70.org
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                                                                                                                                      The Louis XIII château and its French-style garden
                                                                                                                                      were built for the family of minister Turgot in 1613.
                                                                                                                                      Take part in a guided tour conducted by a des-                                                                   PARKS AND GARDENS
                                                                                                                                      cendent of the family and learn about the owner’s
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                 FONTAINE-HENRY                                             LANTHEUIL

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                                                                                                                                      Tuesday: 2.30pm-6.30pm
                 CHÂTEAU DE                                                    45 mins                                                Special opening for Heritage Days
                 FONTAINE HENRY                                             GUIDED TOUR: upon reservation                                 6.30pm
                 Château de Fontaine-Henry, between Bayeux and              PRICES: Unaccompanied tour of French-style                14480 Ponts-sur-Seulles
                 Caen is home to some of «France’s highest roofs».          grounds: Adults: 6 ¤• Children (7-15 years old): 4 ¤      02 31 80 14 00 / 06 74 74 78 36
                 This monument is one of the most spectacular in            Under 7s: free • «Forest Adventure» 4x4 ride: 10 ¤        chateau@lantheuil.org
                 Normandy and is a former fortress, beautifully             OPENING TIMES                                             www.domaine-chasse-turgot.com
                 decorated during the Renaissance. It has never             01/06 > 15/09 every day except                                 If I       I
                 changed hands, it is still inhabited and houses a                                                                                                                             CASTILLON                                                                           SAINT-GABRIEL-BRÉCY
                 huge collection of paintings.
                 GUIDED TOUR: Inside the château only. Booklets in                                                                                                                             JARDINS DE CASTILLON                                                                   JARDINS DU
                 foreign language                                                                                                                                                              PLANTBESSIN                                                                            CHÂTEAU DE BRÉCY
                 UNACCOMPANIED VISIT: Grounds, play area and                  A remarkable tree at                                                                                             Themed gardens with ponds, mixed borders and topiary. Plants are for sale              17th century Italian-style grounds spread out over 5 terraces, featuring a gate
                 outbuildings.
                                                                              the Bayeux botanical                                                                                             in the adjacent nursery.                                                               by Isaac Geslin opening out on to the sky. Countless sculptures, hedge shrub
                 PRICES: Château guided tour: Adults: 8.50 ¤ -
                 Children (7-15 years old): 5.50 ¤ - Under 7s: free           garden »                                                                                                            90 mins                                                                             patterns inspired by Claude Mollet, arbour cloister, fountains, rose trees, peonies,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      hellebore - Unique - 13th-15th century church.
                 Unaccompanied tour of grounds and outbuildings:                                                                                                                               UNACCOMPANIED TOUR: A map is available to visitors.
                 Adults: 5.50 ¤ - Children (7-15 years old): 4 ¤ -                                                                                                                             PRICES: Adults: 7 ¤ • Children (5-16 years old): 4 ¤                                      1 hr
                 Under 7s: free • Château owner tour (booking required                                                                                                                                                                                                                GUIDED TOUR: booking required
                 6 pers. minimum): Adults: 12.50 ¤ - Children (7-15 years                                                                                                                      OPENING TIMES
                 old): 8.50 ¤                                                                                                                                                                  01/05 > 30/09 Tuesday to Saturday: 2pm-5pm -                                           PRICES: Adults: 9 ¤ • Schoolchildren/Students: 4 ¤ • Under 12s: free
                                                                                                                                                                                               Sunday (only in June and July): 2.30pm-5.30pm
                 OPENING TIMES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        OPENING TIMES: From Easter to All Saint’s Day: 2.30pm-6.30pm Tuesdays,
                                                                                                                                                                                               Booking required outside those times.
                 01/04 > 14/06 & 15/09 > 30/09: 2.30pm-6.30pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Thursdays, Sundays and Saturdays in June. All year-round: daily. Prior booking required.
                 (open weekends and bank holidays only) • 15/06 >                                                                                                                                  5pm                                                                                    6pm
                 13/09: 2pm-6.30pm (open daily except Tuesdays)                                                                                                                                CD 73 - 14490 Castillon                                                                Saint-Gabriel-Brécy - 14480 Creully Sur Seulles
                 3 place du château - 14610 Fontaine-Henry                                                                                                                                     02 31 92 56 03 - sbch@wanadoo.fr                                                       02 31 80 11 48 - lesjardinsdebrecy@gmail.com
                 02 31 26 93 67 - boutique.fontaine-henry@orange.fr                                                                                                                            www.jardinscastillonplantbessin.com                                                    www.parcsetjardins.fr
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                                 STUDIO BOUTIQUE AND CREATION

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                                                                                                                                                                           LES CHAPEAUX                                      BOUTIQUE                                              NORMANDIE SAVOIR FAIRE
                                                                                                                                                                           D’ANGÈLE                                          COQUELICOTS                                           NORMANDY CRAFTSMANSHIP - EXHIBITION - SHOP:
                                                                                                                                                                           Hats for men and women, including the famous      Normandy’s own artist and designer «Sqille»           30 designers in pottery, leather goods, jewellery, ligh-
                                                                                                                                                                           French Laulhère beret. Angélique makes bes-       explores the poppy theme in a range of items:         ting, sculptures, music boxes, tableware, homeware
                                                                                                                                                                           poke «Lilik & Framboise made in Normandie»        paintings, fabrics (Jacquard), embroidery, screen     etc. Local savoir-faire! Unique pieces only! Worldwide
                                                                                                                                                                           rain hats for women. All productions are mainly   prints and posters.                                   shipment.
                                                                                                                                                                           French or European. New section of off-the-peg    OPENING TIMES                                         OPENING TIMES
                                                                                                                                                                           clothes: 8PM made in Italy.                       01/03 > 15/11: 9am-7pm                                High season: daily 10am-10pm (or 11pm)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Low season: 10am-1.30pm/3pm-8pm
                                                                                                                                                                           OPENING TIMES:                                        Saturday morning                                  (6pm on Sundays) - closed Monday
                                                                                                                                                                           01/06 > 31/08 Monday-Saturday:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             38 rue Nesmond - 14400 Bayeux                         School holidays in the off season: daily 10am-8pm
                                                                    ARTISAN PRODUCTS                                                                                       10.30am-1pm/2pm-7pm • 01/09 > 31/05 Tuesday -
                                                                                                                                                                           Saturday: 10.30am-1pm/2pm-7pm                     02 31 22 75 86 / 06 64 69 50 68                          06/01 > 03/02 & 02/11 > 16/11
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             poppies.shop14@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                                               Sunday                                                                                              42 rue des Cuisiniers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             coquelicot.boutique14@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   14400 Bayeux
                                                                                                                                                                           10 rue des Cuisiniers                             www.poppies-shop.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   02 31 22 92 73 / 06 37 07 39 98
                                                                                                                                                                           14400 Bayeux
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                                                                                                                                                                           leschapeauxdangele@gmail.com
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                                                                                                                                                                          AURE-SUR-MER                                 G1    ATELIER DE LA                                         PRICES: Exhibition room : free entry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             FLAMBARDIÈRE                                          GUIDED TOUR: Adults: 2,50 ¤ - Free under 18

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Fine crafts: creation of music boxes, wooden items,   OPENING TIMES: 04/04 > 25/09: free access to
                 BAYEUX                                             BAYEUX                                           BAYEUX                                                                                                  wooden sculptures. We use tree species from           exhibition room • 17/10 > 02/11 & 05/12 > 24/12: 10am-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             our region including the apple, pear, wild cherry,    12.30pm/3pm-7pm • Appointments for special orders.
                 BAYEUX BRODERIE                                    CONSERVATOIRE                                    MORGANE                                                                                                 walnut, ash, elm and oak tree. Exhibitions: free         01/01>31/03
                 EMBROIDERY STUDIO & SHOP: THE BAYEUX               DE LA DENTELLE                                   THOMASSIN CÉRAMISTE                                                                                     entry. Guided tour from the tree to the music box.        Sundays, Mondays and Saturday mornings
                 STITCH. You’ll find embroidery kits made           Studio founded to protect the expertise passed   Morgane Thomassin is a Master Potter with a                                                                90 mins                                            59 route d’Omaha Beach - Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
                 in the workshop with reproductions of the          down from 17th century Bayeux lace-makers.       passion for History and Mythology. Her ceramic,                                                         GUIDED TOUR «from the tree to the piece»              14520 Aure-Sur-Mer - 02 31 22 87 81
                 Bayeux Tapestry and other designs. 11th century    The conservatory workshop gives introductory     porcelain and sandstone designs put a modern                                                            Thursday mornings at 10am from 4 April to             p.broggi@wanadoo.fr - www.flambardiere.fr
                 embroidery technique with kits for beginners,      to advanced classes in bobbin lace and needle    twist on age-old subjects. Her tableware items                                                          25 September by appointment.
                 children and experienced embroiderers.             lace techniques. Exhibitions, events and shop.   and jewellery collections are made in her stu-
                 Available to buy online all year round.                                                             dio-shop.
                                                                    FREE ENTRY: lace-makers answer visitors’
                 PRICES: Embroidery classes: 14.50 ¤ per hour, on   questions                                        FREE ENTRY
                                                                                                                                                                          BERNESQ                                      F2    LA GRANGE                                             OPENING TIMES:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   08/01 > 31/12: 10am-12.30pm/2pm-5.30pm
                 Tuesdays and Fridays from 3pm
                                                                    OPENING TIMES: Every day except Sundays,         OPENING TIMES                                                                                           AU MOHAIR                                             Monday-Saturday (exc. bank holidays: one tour and
                 OPENING TIMES                                      Thursdays and bank holidays:                     Tuesday-Friday: 10am-6pm                                                                                GUIDED TOUR of the mohair goat farm: tour of          3.30pm shop opening)
                 May to September: 10am-12.30pm/1.30pm-6.30pm       9.30am-12.30pm/2.30pm-6pm                        Saturday: 10am-1pm/2.30pm-6pm                                                                           production workshops, sewing studio and exhi-             Sunday
                 Monday to Friday - Saturdays: 1.30pm-6pm
                 April to October: 11am-12.30pm/2pm-6pm Monday           15 mins before                                 See website and social media sites                                                                   bition room. Shop selling knitting yarn, weaves,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   La Harmonière - 14710 Bernesq
                 to Friday                                                                                                                                                                                                   bespoke knits, bespoke clothing design. Highlight     02 31 22 47 52 / 06 82 85 51 39
                                                                    Maison d’Adam et Eve                                Sunday and Monday
                                                                    6 rue du Bienvenu - 14400 Bayeux
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             for kids: a direct contact with the animals.          lagrangeaumohair14@orange.fr
                    November to March •     Sunday                                                                   5 rue de la Chaîne - 14400 Bayeux - 06 60 44 10 48
                                                                    02 31 92 73 80                                                                                                                                              1 hr                                               www.la-grange-au-mohair.fr
                 24 rue Nesmond - 14400 Bayeux                                                                       morgane.thomassin.ceramiste@gmail.com
                                                                    conservatoire.dentelledebayeux@gmail.com                                                                                                                 PRICES: Free entry • Free guided tour                     If I
                 06 89 84 32 36 - contact@bayeux-broderie.com                                                        https://morganeceramique.wix.com/creation
                                                                    https://dentellesbayeux.com
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