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When in Normandy...
Gastronomy
Cider and calvados; Pont-L’Evêque, Livarot, Brie and Camembert cheese; moutons de pré salé (tender lamb from the salt marshes); tripe; andouille and boudin blanc; veal in cream sauce; tarte tatin.
Places of Interest
The tapestry at Bayeux; Cathedrals at Coutances, Lisieux and Rouen; Mont St Michel; the D-Day beaches; World War II museum at Avranches and the memorial museum at Caen; the fashionable resort of Deauville with its casino; the picturesque port of Honfleur.
Sports and Leisure
Tennis Courts in most towns and villages. Honfleur to Caen – Riding in many towns and villages. Windsurfing and sailing; Golf de St Gatien Deauville, Le Mont St Jean (18 hole), Golf de Bayeux Omaha Beach, Port en Bessin (27 hole) and Golf de Beauzeval, Houlgate. Cotentin & Mont St Michel, Sailing and windsurfing; riding with the Club Equestre de la Dierge and St James; boat trips from Granville; river fishing; Golf de Garcelles; A J Hackett bungy jumping over the Souleuvre River.
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