Tourism & Leasure

Arromanches is remembered as a historic place of the Normandy landings and in particular as the place where during the Invasion of Normandy immediately after D-Day, the Allies establi...

Bayeux tapestry:

Universally known, the Tapestry of Bayeux is a single masterpiece of XIe long century 70 m out of 0.50 m of fabric of flax embroidered of wool of color...

Omaha Beach was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landing...

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department. It is located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) inland from the English Channel, two hours north-west of Pari...

American cemetery of Colleville sur mer:

The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel. It covers 172 acres (70 ha), and contains the remain...

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island commune in Normandy.

The island has held strategic fortifications since ancient times and since the 8th century AD has been the seat of the mona...

The Pays d’Auge is an area in Normandy, straddling the departments of Calvados and Orne. The chief town is Lisieux. The Pays d’Auge is classed as a Land of Art and Hi...