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NORMANDY

2014

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Normandy Tourist Board

Whether you are a tour operator, a group travel organiser, a coach company, an incoming agency, an association or a school, we look forward to welcoming you soon to Normandy, this incomparably beautiful region of France.

Normandy is easily accessible by plane, train or by road. The region is just a two hour drive from Paris and its airports, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly, or from the port of Calais. If you take the train from Paris in just over an hour, you will arrive in Normandy’s main cities. With four local cross-Channel ports, there are also regular sailings from Britain and Ireland. Whether you plan on a dedicated trip or are looking to include the region

Welcome to Normandy!

Steeped in our common history, Normandy invites you to go back in time to retrace the footsteps of William the Conqueror and to walk along the D-Day Beaches, the Coast of Heroes. Normandy is world-famous for the part it played in WWII when Allied troops broke through Nazi defences to liberate occupied France but it also bears a rich medieval history with William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart and Joan of Arc.

Impressionist Normandy

As the spiritual birthplace of Impressionism, Normandy has inspired many great artists to create images which live on in the collective consciousness today. With its unique lighting, magical seascapes, dramatic monuments and dreamy countryside, Normandy offered the perfect backdrop for Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Eugène Boudin, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Courbet and Camille Pissarro…

Home of the horse

With its worldwide reputation for equestrian excellence, Normandy is an obvious destination for horse lovers. Home to two national studs, the Haras du Pin and Haras de Saint-Lô, the region also hosts many major horse races and events and offers the visitor the chance to get in the saddle.

Normandy is a true gourmet's treasure trove with its emblematic cheeses: Camembert, Livarot, Neufchâtel, Pont L’Evêque and apple-based drinks such as Calvados, cider, Pommeau and perry.

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Find out all you need to know about Normandy on our new website www.normandy-travel-trade.com

14, rue Charles Corbeau27000 Évreux - FRANCETel. 00 33 (0)2 32 33 79 00Fax : 000 33 (0)2 32 31 19 04E-mail: contact@normandy-travel-trade.com

as part of a wider tour, Normandy remains the ideal destination with a mixture of France’s best countryside, heritage, culture, food and entertainment.

Our 2014 guide is full of practical information and inspirational ideas to help you plan your next trip to Normandy.

Please note that the Clubs of the Tourist Board have brochures available for professionals on four dedicated themes: historical sites and monuments, parks and gardens, golf courses and outstanding hotels & restaurants. And information for cycling with groups is available too.

A très bientôt en Normandie!

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D-Day Landing Beaches [B3 to D3]

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Cherbourg [B2] Located at the top of the C o t e n t i n p e n i n s u l a , Cherbourg harbour boasts the world’s longest artificial roadstead which is 4 km long. The Cité de la Mer museum bears testimony to the maritime tradition of the town.

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Bayeux [C3] With its narrow cobbled streets and cathedral at its heart, Bayeux is the perfect example of a medieval Norman town. It is also home to the world famous Bayeux Tapestry, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

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Lisieux [E3] Lisieux, the second most visited place of pilgrimage in France after Lourdes, is renowned as a site of pilgrimage dedicated to Sainte-Thérèse. The Basilica was built in her honour and remains the largest church built in France during the 20th century.

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La Côte Fleurie [E3] The seaside towns of Honfleur, Trouville, Deauville, Cabourg to name but a few, along the “Flowered Coast”, were made popular in the 19th century when sea b a t h i n g b e c a m e a fashionable past time for the French bourgeoisie.

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Caen [D3]

The cap i ta l o f Lower Normandy is a thriving m o d e r n c i t y w i t h outstanding historical sites inc lud ing Wi l l i am the Conqueror’s Ducal Castle a n d t h e A b b a y e a u x Hommes and Abbaye aux Dames, together with the peace museum, Mémorial de Caen, which takes an in-depth look at 20th century history.

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Bagnoles-de-l’Orne [D5]A gem of Belle Epoque architecture, this elegant nineteenth century spa town is set in the Orne countryside and can offer a casino, racecourse, lake, cycle tracks and golf course.

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Etretat is a romantic seaside village on the Côte de Nacre overlooking the Channel which is a constant source of inspiration to artists and writers with its dramatic white cliffs and chalk needle.

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Rouen [G3]A veritable Museum-City on the banks of the Seine, Rouen leaves no visitor indifferent, with its medieval half-timbered houses, its paved streets and its gothic churches and Notre-Dame cathedral. Artists flocked to this port city which is also where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

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Seine ValleyWith i t s wh i te c l i f f s , picturesque villages, the meandering Seine River offers beautiful scenery, notably from the vantage point at Château Gaillard [G3], medieval fortress built by Richard the Lionheart.

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Giverny [H4]Just a short distance from Paris, this quaint artists’ retreat on the banks of the Seine became the home of Mone t , f a the r o f t he Impressionist movement. His world famous house and gardens plus the Musée des Impressionnismes can be visited today.

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Le Haras du Pin [E4]

Known as the “Versailles of Horses”, Le Pin National Stud is the oldest and most prestigious national stud and was founded in 1715 by Louis XIV.

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Alençon [E5]This "City of the Dukes" is internationally renowned for its UNESCO-listed needle point lace and is ideally situated on the edge of the Normandy-Maine Natural Park for tr ips into the countryside.

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Le Havre [E2]This major European port combines the attractions of a modern, vibrant city with the charm of a seaside resort. Rebuilt in modernist postwar style by Auguste Perret, the concrete poet, Le Havre is recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage Site.

Normandy’s Channel coast is world-famous for the part it played on 6th June 1944, when Allied troops broke through Nazi defences to liberate occupied France and to change the course of World War II. The Allies launched simultaneous landings of U.S., British, Canadian and French forces on five separate beaches along this stretch of Normandy coast which were specifically codenamed Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah.

The Mont-Saint-Michel, a major French tourist attraction, remains an internat ional p lace of pilgrimage to this very day and the Bay of the Mont-Saint-Michel is included on the UNESCO list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites. This medieval architectural Wonder of the Western World dominates the surrounding landscape, rising out of the bay, which provides the natural show of the greatest tidal ranges in Europe.

Mont-Saint-Michel [B5]

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From March to AugustIn 2014, all eyes will be on the D-Day Landing Beaches and the sites of the Battle of Normandy. The 70th Anniversary of D-Day will be celebrated in the presence of many heads of state and thousands of spectators and television viewers on 6th June 2014 in Ouistreham. This pivotal moment in world history will be commemorated with numerous events and festivities such as firework displays, parades, military camps re-enactments and airdrops from March till the end of August.www.the70th-normandy.com

From 23rd August to 7th SeptemberNormandy will host the 7th edition of the Alltech FEITM World Equestrian Games, the world’s biggest equestrian event. Key venues will include Caen city centre which will become a huge equestrian stadium, the Mont-Saint-Michel bay for the endurance event, the Pin National Stud for the cross and dressage. Two demonstration challenges will also be held in Saint-Lô for horse-ball and Deauville for polo.www.alltechfeiweg2014-normandy.com/en

From 22nd to 28th SeptemberIn the heart of the Suisse Normande, just south of Caen, Thury Harcourt will welcome over 600 world athletes in September 2014. This prestigious international competition will be an ideal opportunity to get to know more about this sport which combines water polo, handball and kayaking in a place which has become a world famous spot. The Suisse Normande boasts exceptional sporting facilities for canoe polo and other activities.www.thuryharcourtcanoe2014.com

End 2014The building of a lightweight bridge, linking the Mont to the land, simply means that the famous rock will recover its island status after 10 years of construction work. With a new reception centre, new means of access and transport, the aim is to preserve the bay’s natural environment and to ensure that the Mont remains accessible to all from the newly created car park.www.bienvenueaumontsaintmichel.com

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Major events in 2014 New!Museums, sites and visitsBiotropica – Val-de-Reuil [G3] / www.biotropica.frA giant zoo in a tropical greenhouse with unusual animals and plants.

Overlord Museum – Colleville-sur-Mer [C3] / www.overlordmuseum.com/enNew museum dedicated to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy with a collection of over 10,000 vintage objects near the American Cemetery.

Normandy Tank Museum – Catz [B3] / www.normandy-tank-museum.fr New museum with a unique collection of tanks plus American vehicles from WWII.

Arromanches 360 – Arromanches-les-Bains [C3] / www.arromanches360.com/enNew film at the circular cinema, Normandy’s 100 Days, retracing the story of the Battle of Normandy from the preparation stages of the Landing right through to the Liberation of Paris.

Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Bayeux [C3] / www.bayeuxmuseum.comNew layout for the central museum’s collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, china and lace.

Le Balcon – Rouen [G3] / www.rouentourisme.comNew exhibition space dedicated to the Notre-Dame cathedral offering an exceptional vantage point from the balcony overlooking the cathedral.

Manufacture Bohin – Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle [F4] – 2014 / www.bohin.frThe only needle and pin factory in France opening its museum next year.

Les Arpents du Soleil – Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives [E4] – 2014 / www.arpents-du-soleil.comThe only vineyard in Normandy producing a quality wine now offers group visits.

Musée Airborne – Sainte-Mère-Eglise [B3] – 2014 / www.airborne-museum.org/enA new building in the shape of an airplane’s wing with a section dedicated to former American President, Ronald Reagan.

Mémorial de Montormel [E4] – 2014 / www.memorial-montormel.orgA new tour retracing the story of the Battle of the Falaise Pocket with a guided tour of the Corridor of Death.

Le Panorama – Rouen [G3] – 2014 / www.la-crea.frNew tourist site with a giant 360° panoramic view of the City of Rouen as it was in medieval times.

Les Pêcheries, cité des Terre Neuvas – Fécamp [E2] – 2014 / www.ville-fecamp.fr New museum bringing together the collections of local museums linked to the town’s past as a cod port.

Historial Jeanne d’Arc – Rouen [G3] – 2015 / www.la-crea.frJoan of Arc Historial opening in the Rouen Archbishop’s Palace in the same place as her trial and her rehabilitation.

HotelsLe Jardin des Plumes – Giverny [H4] / www.lejardindesplumes.frNew 8 room boutique hotel with a gastronomic restaurant in Monet’s home village.

Ibis Styles – Caen [D3] / www.accorhotels.com96 room Ibis Styles Rives de l’Orne hotel in central Caen near the station.

Hôtel Océania – Le Havre [E2] – 2014 / www.oceaniahotels.comOpening of a 107 room 3 star hotel.

Hôtel M’Gallery – Trouville [E3] – 2015 / www.mgallery.comOpening of a 103 room 4 star hotel with spa centre.

Radisson Blu Hotel – Rouen [G3] – 2015 / www.radissonblu.comOpening of a 91 room 4 star hotel with a well-being centre and seminar rooms in central Rouen.

SpasB’O Resort – Bagnoles-de-l’Orne [D5] / www.bo-resort.com/en4 star residence with 158 family flats and spa now open.

Prévithal Thalasso – Granville [A4] / www.previthal.com76 room 3 star hotel with spa now open.

Thalazur – Cabourg [D3] / www.thalazur.fr164 room 4 star hotel with spa now open.

Alltech FEITM World Equestrian Games

Canoe Polo World Championships

Restoration of the Mont-Saint-Michel’s maritime character

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