New ways to travel to and around Normandy give you some great new options if you’re planning a trip to this glorious region in 2024, the 80th anniversary of th...
The D-Day Festival in Normandy happens every year but this year it’s special, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. There are special D-Day...
We all know something about the famous 19th-century Impressionist painters, but who were they? Here's a quick guide so you can impress your friends with your k...
The wide-ranging Normandy Impressionist Festival (Destination Impressionisme) runs from March 22 to September 22, 2024. Over one hundred museums, sites, houses...
Normandy Herring Festivals take the otherwise rather humble fish and celebrate it in great style. I love herrings and claim to know a little about them (my Fin...
Courseulles-sur-Mer is a charming seaside resort on the Normandy coast. The French love the small town with its marina for small yachts, its fish market, glori...
In May my partner and I, researching the Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches for a Bradt guide book, stayed in a Pierre et Vacances self-catering apartment. This wa...
Guide to Deauville and Trouville by guest writer Fiona Quinn
The twin seaside towns of Deauville-Trouville on the Normandy coast in the département of Calva...
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the world’s great art works, never failing to impress however many times you see it. Almost 1,000 years old, it's an astonishing ...
Memorials and sites from World War II are found throughout north France, though the Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches along the Baie de Seine are the most famous,...