Region · Paris e Norte

Normandia

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Destinations

1 destination in Normandia

4 cities

Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel

Cities

4 cities in Normandia in the guide

Normandia Capital

Rouen

Capital of Normandy, on the banks of the Sena, Rouen has a historic centre of half-timbered houses, the Gothic cathedral painted by Monet, the Gros-Horloge clock and the Place du Vieux-Marché, where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. The visit is rounded out by the Historial Jeanne d'Arc, the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the ossuary of the Aître Saint-Maclou. It's about an hour and a half by train from Paris.

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Bayeux

A medieval town that escaped the 1944 bombings, Bayeux has a Romanesque and Gothic cathedral and the Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie, and is the most practical base for the D-Day beaches: Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc, the Musée du Débarquement in Arromanches, the Centre Juno Beach and the Mémorial de Caen.

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Honfleur

Small port on the estuary of the Seine, Honfleur is centered around the Vieux Bassin, the old dock of tall narrow houses that inspired Boudin and Monet. It has the igreja de Santa Catarina, built of wood by ship carpenters, the Musée Eugène-Boudin and the Maisons Satie, the composer's birthplace. On the other side of the Pont de Normandie are the cliffs of Étretat.

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Mont-Saint-Michel

Granite islet in the bay between Normandy and Brittany, Mont-Saint-Michel is crowned by an abbey founded in 966, with the suspended cloister of the Merveille. Hundred Years' War ramparts surround the village and the Grande Rue. The bay’s tides are among the largest on continental Europe. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.