DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide Normandy
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Discover the best of everything this picturesque region has to offer with the essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel GuideNormandy with pull-out map.
Top 10 lists showcase the best places to visit in Normandy, from historic Mont-St-Michel to glamorous Deauville. Six easy-to-follow itineraries explore the regions most interesting sights - from the Bayeux Tapestry to evocative D-Day memorials and museums - while reviews of the best hotels and restaurants in Normandy will help you plan your perfect trip.
Full of inspiring photography, DK Eyewitness Top 10Normandy shows you what other travel guides only tell you. With comprehensive and clear maps its simple to discover and enjoy the top things to do in Normandy.
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One of the most spectacular sights in Normandy, this craggy rock crowned by a magnificent abbey appears to erupt from the surrounding landscape a broad expanse of sand or sea, depending on the dramatic tides. The regions star attraction since pilgrims first flocked here 1,000 years ago, it now draws some three million visitors each year and has perhaps 50 true inhabitants.
Office de Tourisme: bd de lAvance 02 33 60 14 30
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Abbey 02 33 89 80 00 MayAug: 9am7pm; SepApr: 9:30am6pm Adm charge Muse Historique 02 33 60 07 01 9am6pm daily Adm charge Logis Tiphaine 02 33 60 23 34 Mid-Febmid-Nov: 9am6pm daily Adm charge Archoscope 02 33 89 01 85 Mid-FebJun & Sepmid-Nov: 9:30am5:30pm; JulAug: 9am6pm Adm charge Scriptorial dAvranches Pl dEstouteville, Avranches 02 33 79 57 00 AprJun & Sep: 10am1pm & 26pm TueSun; JulAug: 10am1pm & 27pm TueSun; OctDec & FebMar: 26pm TueSat Adm charge Ecomuse de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel rte de Grouin de Sud, Vains 02 33 89 06 06 AprJun: 26pm; JulAug: 10am7pm. Sep: 10am6pm Adm charge - Cafs and restaurants line the Grande Rue.
- Call Chemins de la Baie (02 33 89 80 88) for a guided walk of the Bay of Mont-St-Michel.
This splendid building is a pleasing jumble of architectural styles. Its jewel is the Merveille, built during the abbeys heyday and incorporating cloisters, the knights hall, the refectory and the guests room.
Abbey
Punctuated by imposing towers, the longest section was built to repel the English during the Hundred Years War. The abbots soldiers lodged in the Tour de lArcade.
Ramparts
Through the fortified Porte du Roy, its portcullis still visible, the Grande Rue winds steeply uphill. This pretty, narrow cobbled street was the original route used by pilgrims in the 12th century, and is still the way to the top of the Mont. These days, however, visitors have to run the gauntlet of souvenir shops and overpriced restaurants.
Grande Rue
Films and games lead visitors through a celebration of the written word, from illuminated medieval manuscripts to ebooks.
Scriptorial dAvranches
A large model of the Mont rises from a huge tank of water in a spectacle of sound and light, with a historical commentary in English.
The parish church, begun in the 11th century but not completed until the 17th, has an apse that straddles a narrow street. Its treasures include a silver statue of St Michael.
Legend tells of a huge rock blocking the entrance to a cave where the abbey now stands. Nobody could move it until a small boy miraculously pushed it into the sea with his foot. This tiny 15th-century chapel occupies the site where the rock was supposed to have landed.
Chapelle St-Aubert
This child-friendly exploration centre on the coast has models and interactive displays about the environment and wildlife of the bay, along with its history of fishing and salt production.
The chief of the kings armies Bertrand du Guesclin built this house in 1365 for his wife Tiphaine as a safe haven while he was away at war.
Highlights are the garden periscope, a medieval monks bath, 17th-century riding boots, and a re-creation of the abbeys prison cells.
Mont-St-Michel has become an island again for the first time in more than a hundred years. As part of a major project aimed at restoring the maritime character of the Mont, the unsightly causeway that used to link the island to the mainland has been removed and a new wooden bridge has been built. This has allowed the tidal waters to flow freely, removing many years build-up of silt and sand. Visitors can no longer drive right up to the Mont, and have to leave their cars on the mainland. You can cross the bridge on foot, by bike or by bus.
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