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Normandy holidays

July 2024

  • Veules-les-Roses cliffs in Normandy, France

    Country diary
    Country diary 1924: a panorama of changing lights and colours

    28 July 1924: There is special beauty, during the long lays of summer, in a sea coast which has a northern aspect

May 2023

  • Morning in Honfleur , Normandy , France

    ‘The cycling was a breeze’: following the Seine through Normandy

    The Seine à Vélo cycle route follows minor roads to major attractions, including a medieval chateau, Monet’s garden and Rouen cathedral

October 2022

  • Deaville Place du Marché

    A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Deauville, France: fine sands, fine dining and a new arts scene

    Bookshop owner David Ezvan on market shopping, sea views and nights out on the Normandy coast

June 2019

  • Lines of white cross gravestones at The Normady American Cemetery at Omaha Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer, France

    A cycling tour of the Normandy D-day landing beaches

    Taking in the heroics and horrors of the D-day sites is a moving experience for our writer – and a fitting way to mark the 75th anniversary

May 2018

  • Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France<br>F7JB1Y Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France

    Norman conquest: cycling from Paris to Mont Saint-Michel

    The Véloscénic cycle route takes in Normandy’s beautiful – and beautifully flat – greenways, Unesco sites and delightful museums. And there’s a new guidebook to lead the way

September 2017

  • The cliffs of the Alabaster coast, Normandy, France.

    Readers' travel tips
    The best walks in northern France: readers' travel tips

    Canals, wetlands and amazing coastline in Normandy and Picardy offer great hiking – plus excellent fish cafes and crêperies for refuelling in afterwards

August 2017

  • View of the Channel from the cliffs at Etretat, Normandy.

    Readers' travel tips
    Send us a tip on walks in northern France – and win a £200 hotel voucher

    We’d like to hear about great walking routes and trails, from Normandy to the Belgian border, for a chance to win our weekly prize

July 2017

  • France, Eure, Les Andelys, Chateau Gaillard, 12th century fortress built by Richard the Lionheart (aerial view)

    World view
    Travel photo of the week: The Lionheart's castle, Normandy

  • Yport, Upper Normandy. Scene of friends adopting a corner of the Yport cliffs for a barbecue as if they were in their own garden.

    World view
    Travel photo of the week: barbecue like it's your own backyard

May 2017

  • Aerial view of Le Havre, France

    Le Havre, a short break built on concrete chic

    Le Havre is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year, but its architectural gems are modern masterpieces built from the ashes of war – and now a world heritage site

April 2017

  • Widescreen shot of Chateau de la Baudonniere in Normandy, near Les Chambres, France. The image shows families eating outside the chateau, communally.

    Family fun: an action-packed week in France – for under £450pp

    On an all-inclusive group family holiday at a Normandy chateau, a sceptical dad is pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable the entertainment and activities are

July 2016

  • Cancale, France

    Where to buy fresh food and drink in Normandy and Brittany

  • La Vallée des Saints, Carnoët

    Experts' and readers' tips
    Best of Normandy and Brittany: readers’ travel tips

January 2015

  • Water whips off the end of Frank Moore's fishing line as he casts from the edge of the North Umpqua River in Oregon.

    World view
    World view: a war veteran returns to Normandy – and goes fishing

    Frank Moore, a 90-year-old American second world war veteran and fly-fishing legend, returned to Normandy to fish in the rivers he first saw as a 20-year-old solider in 1944

May 2014

  • Normandy

    A chic new hotel in Basse-Normandie

    A unique new hotel is bringing style to Le Perche in Normandy, one of France's prettiest little-known regions, says Nell Card

April 2014

  • Amelia Gentleman with Rose and William

    A family cycling holiday in Normandy: flat, easy and the trail all to ourselves

    Amelia Gentleman finds a family cycling break in Normandy surprisingly relaxing – provided the kids are well-fuelled with sugary treats

February 2013

  • Place Peter Avis sign in Dieppe

    Observer man remembered with his own corner of a foreign field

    French port of Dieppe honours journalist and roving ambassador Peter Avis by renaming favourite square after him

July 2012

  • Les îles Chausey

    Experts' and readers' tips
    Readers' travel tips: Normandy, France

    A beautiful bridge, Christian Dior's home and a great creperie … Been There readers share their favourite places in Normandy

May 2012

  • mont saint michel

    Mont Saint-Michel's lost causeway stirs local passions

    Plans aimed at preserving the maritime character of the French coastal landmark have divided politicians and shopkeepers

March 2012

  • Banc des Oiseaux hotel, Normandy, France

    The world's best beach hotels and accommodation on a budget
    Normandy's top 10 beach hotels and places to stay on a budget

    We continue our series on fabulous beach stays around the world with 10 gems in Normandy, France, from a 1920s-style mansion near Cabourg to a farmhouse B&B on the D-day coast

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