7 hours to kill in France. Help!

[LittleEsme]

We are leaving our gîte at 10am ish in Adriers (Vienne) and are catching our overnight ferry from Caen - probably arrive at 10pm. It's about 5 hours to get there with traffic, and we have lots of time to kill.

Any ideas on what we can do?

Sorry - not quite a camping question, but I am aware of lots of knowledgable people on this board, especially with regards to France.

We made a detour to Mont St Michel on our way to our campsite last month, you could easily kill a few hours there. Churches are not really our thing, and we didn't actually go in, but the wee streets are lovely and there's loads of shops for last minute purchases. The restaurants and cafes are pretty expensive though! Even our DDs (7 and 4) enjoyed it and there is a fabulous free bus service taking you to it from the car park.

Normandy beaches are near Caen. Bayeux tapestry and the town is nice. Beach at Oustreham possibly worth spending a few hours at.

ooooh lots of great suggestions. thanks everyone.

I should have said that our car will be packed to the roof and our bike rack with all 4 bikes strapped on. How safe will it be to leave this unattended since DH's bike is worth a fortune cos he's bike mad?

I could do with a little last minute retail to sort out relatives gifts.

There's a museum dedicated tithe Canadian d-day soldiers at Juno beach which is good. You could easily drive some of the d-day stuff and never be too far from the bike. The bayeux tapestry isn't too far away but parking will be more town-y

There's a decathlon in Caen! May not cover the whole 7 hours though...

We went to a massive war memorial museum in Caen - could probably have spent 7 hours there!

normandy.memorial-caen.com/