Normandy traces the D-Day beaches from Omaha to Sword with the American Cemetery above Colleville, Mont-Saint-Michel rising from tidal flats, and Bayeux's 70m embroidered tapestry telling the 1066 invasion in colour.
Highlights
Mont-Saint-Michel
Honfleur
Étretat
D-Day Beaches
When to Visit
May-Jun
D-Day commemorations June 6 fill the beaches, apple orchards in flower across the Pays d'Auge, and Mont-Saint-Michel pleasant before summer queue density.
Jul-Aug
Mont-Saint-Michel queues stretch up the causeway, Étretat cliffs at Côte d'Albâtre packed by 11am, and Deauville American Film Festival in early September.
Sep-Oct
Apple harvest and Calvados distillation across the Pays d'Auge, Honfleur quayside seafood at peak, and Mont-Saint-Michel walking accessible without summer crowds.
Nov-Apr
Mild Atlantic winter around 8°C, Mont-Saint-Michel high tides isolating the abbey for hours, and the D-Day museums quietly visitable.
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