A stone's throw from Rouen, discover Dieppe, the city where the sea bathing is born in the 19th century and which inspired numerous artists like Claude Monet, Pissaro, Morisot...
Discover its lively city centre, walk through the stalls of its market every Saturday morning, enjoy yourself discovering the signs of its old fortress, lose your way in the corridors of its castle museum, admire its collections of ivory, its rare navy objects and some impressionist paintings signed by the most famous artists.

After the discovery of the Saint-Ouen abbey in Rouen, one of the most prestigious abbeys in Seine Maritime, go through Croisset along the Seine, Dieppedalle, the old Canteleu, Val de la Haye... Do not hesitate to disappear into the alleys of long ago.
Come trhough Hautot-sur-Seine, then Sahurs. Take the time to stroll into the gardens of the castle of Soquence. If you suddenly feel like going for a trip round la Bouille, go by the ferry boat across the Seine but do not forget to get back to the South bank early enough to discover the abbeys of the Vallée de Seine.

Prestigious vestiges still illlustrate the Norman military architecture in the age of the dukes-kings from England ; as the fortified castles of Caen and Falaise (Calvados), the Château Gaillard in the Andelys, Gisors, Harcourt (Eure).
The castles in Balleroy, Fontaine-Henry, Lantheuil, St-Germain-de-Livet (Calvados) ; Bizy, Champ-de-Bataille (Eure) ; Tourlaville, the Hotel de Beaumont in Valognes (Manche) ; Bourg-St Léonard, Carrouges, the Château d'O in Mortrée, the Haras de Pin, Sassy (Orne) ; Bailleul, the Château d'Etelan in Saint-Maurice d'Etelan, the Manoir d'Ango in Varengeville (Seine-Maritime) are good examples for the civil architecture, accessible to visitors.

Renowned for its prestigious tables, Rouen comes second into French gastronomy. The many Norman restaurants throw open their doors to you and invite you to their tables to make you savour their best dishes and most tasty recipes. Discover the Norman specialities in the neighbourhood of numerous markets : cheese - Pont-l'évêque, Neufchâtel - drink - Calvados, Pommeau - tripe à la mode de caen, sole from Dieppe, chicken from the Vallée d'Auge and so many dishes for the gourmets' greatest pleasure.

Botanical or lanscaped, historical or intimist, Normandy's parks and gardens have become references : attracted by the richness of the floral collections or more simply astounded by the aesthetics of the places, experts as well as neophytes will be filled with wonder.
Acquigny, Beaumesnil, Beaumont Hague, Bosc Roger, Caen, Cambremer, Castillon, Champredus, Giverny, Monceaux, Vascoeuil, .... As many different sites to discover unwearily.

On 6th June 1944, the Normandy went down in History by becoming the largest battle field of every time.
As a real open-air museum, the Historical Area for the Normandy's battle gets together all the sites, museums and memory places related to the D Day and its following offensive onto the three Calvados, manche and Orne departments.
Underlined by the "Normandy Land - Liberty" signature, eight chronological routes allow you to discover these places full of History and to understand the progress of this gigantic battle which the WWII outcome depended on.