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Normandy road trip recommendations please!

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AdventureerutnevdA · 14/01/2023 10:08

Hi everyone

Please could I ask for your recommendations for where to stay in Normandy?

Family of 5, travelling Poole-Cherbourg with the car.

We would like to visit:
Bayeux,
Honfleur,
Giverny,
Etretat,
Pont l'Eveque,
Mont St Michel,
some of the D-Day landing beaches and cemeteries.

Anywhere else you might suggest which is of particular interest? Or even - is there anything in my list which really isn't worth it?

Ideally (pipe dream?) we envisage staying in two places over 10 days with some time for R&R in between.

Villa / gite / inexpensive hotel with facilities / centre parcs equivalent - anything, really, is this feasible? It would be wonderful to think we wouldn't have to use the car on some days, and just amble to a cafe / bar and watch the world go by.

#roadtrip

Thank you ☺️

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TeenDivided · 14/01/2023 19:59

Wasn't the Bayeux Tapestry due to go on tour? Did that get stopped due to covid? Maybe worth checking it will be there before you go!

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AdventureerutnevdA · 14/01/2023 20:33

TeenDivided · 14/01/2023 19:59

Wasn't the Bayeux Tapestry due to go on tour? Did that get stopped due to covid? Maybe worth checking it will be there before you go!

I believe there was a need for some significant work to be done to it prior to moving it, work which hasn't yet been done. And Covid has delayed all this somewhat. We visited the tapestry in August 2018 on our way to the Loire Valley, and it was truly remarkable.

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AdventureerutnevdA · 14/01/2023 20:34

Thank you all ever so much for the tips - these are fantastic and really helping to shape our ideas.

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TeenDivided · 14/01/2023 20:39

We saw it in 2013, we were lucky as no big tours in so not busy and we could take our time.

Mrsherdwick · 14/01/2023 20:48

Have u considered hiring a motor home and touring Normandy that way? French roads are really good.

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AdventureerutnevdA · 14/01/2023 22:25

Mrsherdwick · 14/01/2023 20:48

Have u considered hiring a motor home and touring Normandy that way? French roads are really good.

I haven't thought about doing it this way at all... willing to try anything! Is this something you've done?

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Mrsherdwick · 15/01/2023 12:22

We’ve not done in France but we’ve a touring caravan and we’re off to France/Belgium and Germany this September. France has Aires that you stop over at. There are always loads of motorhome at Honfleur.

LittleMonks11 · 19/06/2024 16:56

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LittleMonks11 · 19/06/2024 18:01

Forever42 · 14/01/2023 17:52

I've done a couole of holidays in Normandy. The distances are quite far apart. I would do a few days around Bayeux (lovely) for all the D-Day beaches etc and a few days near Honfleur (Deauville and Trouville also both worth visiting and you could get to Etretat). You would be looking at around an hour and a half for day trips to Mont St Michel and Giverny from those locations though.

This is what I'm thinking. We have 9 nights.

LittleMonks11 · 19/06/2024 18:14

How was your holiday in the end @AdventureerutnevdA ? Any top tips? Accommodation recommendations?

Love the gite mentioned above but mostly booked up.

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