Avranches, the town of La Manche, in Normandy, takes place on the southern coast of the department, in the heart of the Avranchin country. The one called the City of Manuscripts is facing the bay of Mont Saint-Michel. Avranches was largely destroyed during the Second World War, due to the Allied bombings of July 7, 1944. Once rebuilt after the […]
Barfleur is a fishing village in the English Channel. Member of the Association of Most Beautiful Villages of France, Barfleur has preserved other historical heritage elements. Its cultural vitality, port of “postcards”, and the beauty of its landscapes, make the small town a significant tourist pole of the Cotentin. Fishin remains one of the centers of activity of the small […]
Caen is a port city and capital of Calvados department in northern France’s Normandy region. Its centre features the Château de Caen, a circa 1060 castle built by William the Conqueror. Caen is a vivacious city, ten minutes from the beaches. Where to Stay We stayed at Caen Aire (49.197166, 0.380895 lat, long) next to the Caen Memorial. It has […]
Étretat is a town on the north coast of France. It’s known for the striking rock formations carved out of its white cliffs, including the Porte d’Aval arch and L’Aiguille (the Needle), a pillar rising from the sea. It is also famous because Monet painted many pictures of the town. We stayed at the Municipal Camping (49.70067, 0.215385 lat, long) […]
Veules les Roses has barely 600 inhabitants and is in Normandy, specifically in the department of Seine-Maritime and its beach belongs to the famous Alabaster Coast, which since 2017 it has been on the list of “most beautiful towns in France”. It should also be noted that it has a unique product in the world, its oysters, which the people […]
Sotteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region, with a population of 388 (1999). It is part of the Dieppe district. In 1890 a wooden staircase was built to facilitate fishermen’s access to the beach. We stayed at Camping Les Pommiers (49.879006, 0.829616 lat, long) the only one in the village 3 minutes to the village […]
Berck is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. It lies within the Marquenterre Regional Park, an ornithological nature reserve. It is known for its seal beach, where a colony of seals has settled in Authie Bay, and for its incredible sunsets. We arrived at Berck in the evening and we stayed in the motorhome area (50.3973, 1.56467 […]
Broadway is a large village and civil parish in the Cotswolds. It is in the far southeast of Worcestershire, close to the Gloucestershire border, and it is sometimes referred to as the “Jewel of the Cotswolds“. Broadway is nestled at the foot of the rolling Cotswold hills. As its name suggests, Broadway is dominated by a wide tree-lined street packed […]
Upper and Lower Slaughter – the slightly macabre name that comes from the Old English for ‘muddy place’ – are linked by the tiny River Eye, a slow-moving stream crossed by two footbridges, a tributary to the River Windrush. First, we went to Lower Slaughter which hasn’t changed for more than a century, with no building work taking place here […]
Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town in England’s West Midlands, is the 16th-century birthplace of William Shakespeare. Possibly the most famous writer in the English language. We went to walk with Ben’s mum and her husband John along the Avon River, where we saw the Holy Trinity Church known as Shakespeare’s Church, due to its fame as the place of baptism, […]
