The Best Normandy Landing Beaches Map

The Best Normandy Landing Beaches Map

It can be overwhelming to plan a visit to the Normandy landing beaches. As well as the five beaches, there are also museums, memorials, bridges, batteries, cemeteries, statues, and sculptures. And...

The Beach at Barneville-Carteret

The Beach at Barneville-Carteret

These photos were taken at the beach at Barneville-Carteret. This is La Plage de la Potinière with its quirky blue and white beach huts.The beach at Barneville-Carteret.There are two further...

The 4 Normandy Cheeses

The 4 Normandy Cheeses

There are four Normandy cheeses produced in the region – Camembert, Livarot, Pont l'Evêque and Neufchâtel.Camembert takes its name from the village in Calvados where it was first...

Sword Beach in Normandy

Sword Beach in Normandy

Sword Beach is the most easterly of the D-Day beaches stretching west from Caen’s ferry port of Ouistreham. The original D-Day plan was not intended to extend this far east and was due to end...

Stud Farm in Saint Lô

Stud Farm in Saint Lô

The Haras National de Saint-Lô in Normandy is a horse stud farm set just outside the centre of the town. Built in 1806, the magnificent stables have a very distinctive and rather elegant exte...