"Islands, Tapestrys, Beaches & History" Top 5 Page for this destination Basse-Normandie by freya_heaven

Basse-Normandie Travel Guide: 1,798 reviews and 4,833 photos

Basse & Normandie regions of France are situated on the north coast, on the Manche or English Channel.

Lots of history in this area particularly WWll, beautiful beaches & never ending flat countryside. The sky is so large here!

Only being couple of hours of Paris, which makes Normadie ideal for day trip from Paris.

Last visit to Basse-Normandie: Sep 2004
Intro Updated Jun 8, 2005
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Reviews (19)

Watersports Sports & Outdoors (1)

The beaches & coastline of Normandie are an ideal place to learn watersports such a surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing... more travel advice

Cider Local Customs (1)

The Calvados area of Normadie is famous for its Cider and an apple flavoured brandy called Calvados. Over 50 types of... more travel advice

Belle Ville Off The Beaten Path (2)

The ancient town of Gerberoy has the prestigious honour of being in the top 100 most beautiful villages in France.... more travel advice

leaving Portmouth for Caen - Basse-Normandie

Brittany Ferries Transportation (1)

The twice we have entered France via Normandie we have used Bretagne Ferries. Our usual route is Plymouth to Roscoff... more travel advice

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Comments (15)

Neit Mar 13, 2006 at 11:08 AM Report Abuse

We didn't have time to visit Honfleur..what a pitty. Everybody says is a wonderful town. Very nice comments in your pics.
Bigjones Jul 6, 2005 at 1:32 PM Report Abuse

Mont St Michel is so impressive. I haven't been there since I was a kid, but I wish to visit it again. Nice page as usual ;-)
rexvaughan Jun 20, 2005 at 3:50 PM Report Abuse

Thanks for the great stuff on this lovely part of France. We have seen much of the area but missed Honfleur so far - a good excuse to go back. I like the apple cider as well as the Calvados. Last fall in this area I had apple tarts 4 days running!
olja1234 Jun 15, 2005 at 2:41 PM Report Abuse

Excellent work, Nikola. I revisited some places through your page. Greets.
Daja123 Jun 11, 2005 at 1:21 PM Report Abuse

Nicola, very interesting to read about this great tips. Good work. Thank you for sharing.
bugulma Jun 9, 2005 at 2:31 AM Report Abuse

:-)) interesting. in weekend I began to read a book and the heroes drink calvados on every page. :-)) and now I read about calvados on your page. :-)
kazander Jun 8, 2005 at 2:40 PM Report Abuse

Such a pretty place but I don't know if I would want to visit those d-day beaches. So sad to stand where so many people lost their lives. Excellent iformative page. (very cute pic of Freya at the campsite!) q*o*p
pepples46 Jun 4, 2005 at 8:43 PM Report Abuse

Matt is right, excellent job on this oh so beautiful region but also oh sooo bloody history. I am really happy the Nazies didn't get it right, thank god..tks Nicola for diving into History.
matcrazy1 Jun 4, 2005 at 5:47 AM Report Abuse

Great job on fascinating region of France i didn't visit yet. I like especially your tip and picture on the ancient town of Gerberoy!
Toyin Jun 4, 2005 at 3:22 AM Report Abuse

This is an interesting piece of work .."Normandie". Excellent naratives Nicola! Thanks for sharing.