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There are several airports in Normandy serving destinations in France and England. TGV train services link the region with cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, and Lille in other regions of France. In addition there are ferry services that take passengers, vehicles and freight to Ireland, England and the Channel Islands.
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Discover BAYEUXBayeux is a major tourist attraction, best known to British and French visitors for the Bayeux tapestry, made to commemorate events in the Norman Conquest of England in1066. The tapestry was made by Reine Mathilde, wife of William the Conqueror, and may have been woven in England. It is displayed in a museum in the town centre ... |
Discover CHAUSEYChausey is a group of small islands, islets and rocks off the coast of Normandy, in the English Channel. It lies 17 kilometres from Granville, in the Manche département. Chausey forms part of the Channel Islands from a geographical point of view, but because it is under French jurisdiction it is almost never mentioned in the context of the other Channel Islands ... |
Discover DEAUVILLEThe first reference to Deauville is in 1060. At this time the village was called A Enilla and was more of a fishing hamlet than a village. A Enilla comes from the Germanic Auwja Auwa meaning wet meadow. The village was originally up on the hill and a few houses were built next to the St Laurent chapel. Thanks to its situation near the coast, the village had a small harbour ... |
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Discover GIVERNY A settlement has existed in Giverny since neolithic times and a monument uncovered attests to this fact. Archeological finds have included booties dating from Gallo-Roman times and to the earlier 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The town was known in ancient deeds as Warnacum. The cultivation of grapes has been an occupation of the inhabitants of Giverny since Merovingian times ... |
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Discover HONFLEUR Honfleur is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement ... |
Discover LE HAVRELe Havre is situated in the southwest of the Pays de Caux region. The city is bordered by the seashore of the English Channel to the west, the mouth of the Seine to the south, and the coast to the north. Historically, the Seine marked a natural boundary between Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie; the city of Honfleur is referred to by the Havrais as being on the other coast ... |
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Discover MONT ST. MICHEL Mont Saint-Michel (English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometer (just over a half-mile) off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The population of the island is 41 ... |
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Discover ROUEN Rouen is known for its Notre Dame cathedral, with its Tour de Beurre (butter tower). The cathedral was the subject of a series of paintings by Claude Monet, some of which are exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The Gros Horloge is an astronomical clock (dating back to the 16th century) though the movement is considerably older (1389). It is located in the Gros Horloge street. ... |
| ATTRACTIONS & CULTURE OF NORMANDY, FRANCE |
ARCHITECTURE OF NORMANDYThe architecture of Normandy spans a thousand years. In Haute-Normandie, the late medieval vernacular domestic architecture is typically half-timbered: some fine examples in Rouen escaped the devastation of the Second World War. The half-timbered farmhouses scattered across the countryside remind one of the historical links with rural English architecture... |
BAYEUX TAPESTRYThe Bayeux Tapestry is a 0.5 by 70 metres (1.6 by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth - not an actual tapestry - which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England as well as the events of the invasion itself. The Bayeux Tapestry is annotated in Latin. It is exhibited in a special museum in Bayeux, Normandy called Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux ... |
| FOOD & DRINK OF NORMANDY, FRANCE |
CAMEMBERTCamembert is a soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century in Normandy in northern France. Camembert was reputedly invented in 1791 by Marie Harel, a farmer from Normandy, thanks to advice from a priest from Brie. The cheese was famously issued to French troops during World War I, becoming firmly fixed in French popular culture ... |
CALVADOSCalvados is an apple brandy from the French region of Basse-Normandie or Lower Normandy. Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known Norman distillation was carried out by Lord de Gouberville in 1554, and the guild for cider distillation was created about 50 years later in 1606 ... |
LIVAROTLivarot is a French cheese of the Normandy region, originating in the commune of Livarot, and protected by an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) since 1975. It is a soft, pungent, washed rind cheese made from cow's milk. It is both beloved and reviled for its earthy aroma, which has been described by some as reminiscent of a barnyard ... |
PAUPIETTEA paupiette is a piece of veal meat, beaten thin, and rolled with a stuffing of vegetables, fruits or sweetmeats. It is often featured in recipes from Normandy. It is often fried or braised, or baked in wine or stock. They are very popular in France, being sold ready-prepared in supermarkets and butchers ... |
PETIT SUISSEPetit-suisse (meaning little Swiss) is a French cheese from the Normandy region. Petit-suisse is a fromage frais; an unripened, unsalted, smooth and creamy cheese. It is made from cow's milk enriched with cream so that it has approximately 40% fat content. The cheese is then smoothed and drained in a centrifuge ... |
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