Cherbourg Shopping Tips by darkjedi Top 5 Page for this destination

Boulangerie Patisserie: Bread and Cakes

This small shop, one of a chain of many in Cherbourg and into Normandy will be one of the only places that open on Sunday. A good selection of cakes, buns and fllled rolls. Although English will find the food a little bland compared with home, ie a ham roll with just one thin slice of ham!

Address: Rue Francois LaVieille

Directions: Near the fountain

Theme: Food and Drink

Chimere: SciFi World

This large shop would be the equivalent of the Forbidden Planet chain in the UK. Full of science fiction and fantasy toys, books and games, weapons and costumes. Figurines, painball and manga a specialty.

Address: 1, rue Albert Mahieu - 50100 Cherbourg-Octeville

Phone: 02 33 78 16 00

Theme: Hobbies

Website: http://www.chimaera.fr

Carrefour: Everything in one place

Carrefour, the biggest shop in Cherbourg. The place everyone went once, but a little quieter now. A vast store where you can buy most things of any kind. It has attendant restaurants and fast food outlets but be aware that the main store is closed on Sundays.

Theme: Department Store

Philatalie 50: Stamps galore

Stamps, collections, bank notes, medals, collectables. They are all here in great quantities and in many guises.

Address: 9, Rue Albert Mahieu

Theme: Hobbies