Category: Excursion tips, Places of interest, Recommendations

D-Day, the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944, is still one of the defining events of your vacation region today. Not only because there are numerous commemorative events and the D-Day Festival around June 6. No: history buffs make pilgrimages to Lower Normandy all year round. Some of them are young people who no longer represent the war generation themselves. read more

Cider, Calvados and Camembert are the three famous Cs of Normandy. You can now also buy all three specialties in Germany. But to get the true Norman taste on your tongue, you have to taste the products here on the spot, directly from the producer, with the Norman wind in your face. This is especially true for read more

Barfleur is located on the north-eastern tip of the Cotentin and holds the title of "most beautiful village in France", which it has to share with other villages. Around 600 inhabitants live in Barfleur, so it is a tranquil place. But it wasn't always like this. In 1066, the Duke of Normandy William sailed from Barfleur towards England to conquer it read more

Village of superlatives - world's best brioche and most photographed waterfall in Normandy Le Vast is located in the Val de Saire and has around 300 inhabitants. The village is very picturesque and has a lot to offer. The Château de la GermonièreOriginally founded in 1803 as a spinning mill, it was later demolished and built in its current form as a residential building in 1892. The read more

The small chapel in Longuerac (Les Moitiers en Bauptois) on the banks of the L'Ouve is dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. Father Lebreton, who came from Moitiers a Baptois, asked Our Lady of Fatima to protect his village during the Second World War and promised to build her a chapel in return. The foundation stone was laid on 17.05.1945 read more

Our vacation home Maison Les Grues is just a stone's throw away from the Douve river. In summer you can see cows and horses grazing, but in winter the water can almost reach the edge of the property. Why is that? In the following, we tell you what the mysterious Marais and the nature park are all about - and read more

The river Douve flows not far from our vacation home Maison Les Grues. Herons, kingfishers, various migratory birds, dragonflies, nutrias, etc. have their ideal habitat here. In the fall, the floodgates are opened to allow the Douve to overflow its banks. This floods the marais to provide the soil with nutrients in a natural way. From the winter garden and the barrel sauna read more

It's that time again on 26.05.2019. The Mont-Saint-Michel Marathon runs through the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel near the small town of Cancale. Read more

2019 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day - the Allied invasion. The celebrations will take place at the end of May / beginning of June in the area of the landing beaches and the surrounding area. Our vacation home Maison Les Grues is not far from the events! read more