ASNIERES-EN-BESSIN
Hotels
●Chateau d’Asnieres-en-Bessin – 011-33-2-3122-4116; built in 1693, then rebuilt in 1783; castle in delightful little village of 75 inhabitants surrounded by green fields and small farms; situated 3 kms from Omaha Beach.
AUDRIEU
Hotels
●Chateau D’Audrieu – 011-33-2-3180-2152; chateaudaudrieu.com.
BAYEAUX (includes Picauville & Sainte-Mere-Eglise)
Hotels
●Chateau de l’Isle-Marie – D67 (between Chef-du-Pont and Picauville); 011-33-2-3321-3725; islemarie.com; private residence re-designed into bed-&-breakfast, just off Utah Beach; splendid.
Services
●Normandy Sightseeing Tours – 6 Rue Saint-Jean; 011-33-2-3151-7052; normandy-sightseeing-tours.com; guided tours of D-Day landing sites, as well as Mont St.-Michel, etc.
Sights & Sites
●Bayeaux Tapestry Museum – Rue de Nesmond (Centre Guillaume Le Conquerant); 011-33-2-3151-2550; tapisserie-bayeaux.fr.
●Ste-Mere-Eglise – 1st town liberated by Allied forces.
CABOURG
Bars & Nightclubs
●Chez Guillou – 4 Avenue de la Mer; 011-33-2-3191-3131; cocktails in wood-lined surroundings.
●Le Kaz – Promenade Marcel Proust; 011-33-2-3128-1919; casinocabourg.com; casino bar.
Hotels
●Grand Hotel Cabourg – Promenade Marcel Proust; 011-33-2-3191-0179; accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-1282-le-grand-hotel-cabourg/index.shtml; 68 rooms and 2 suites.
●Hotel de Paris – 39 Avenue de la Mer; 011-33-2-3191-3134; hotel-de-paris-cabourg.fr; 24-room, half-timbered, cozy budget option.
Restaurants
●La Belle Epoque – 61 Avenue de la Mer; 011-33-2-3191-1387; seafood at classic French brasserie; Art Nouveau-style interiors.
DEAUVILLE & TROUVILLE (latter across Le Pont des Belges; also, including Tourgeville)
Bars & Nightclubs
●02 Sofa Bar – Rue Edmond Blanc (in Casino Barriere); 011-33-2-3114-3114; lucienbarriere.com; casino bar; plush, baroque retreat.
Hotels
●Les Manoirs de Tourgeville – 13 Chemin de l’Orgueil (Tourgeville); 011-33-2-3114-4868; lesmanoirsdetourgeville.com; 57-room, neo-Norman luxury hotel.
●Hotel Royal Barriere – 8 Boulevard Cornuche (Deauville); 011-33-2-3198-6633; lhw.com; built in 1913.
●Villa Josephine – 23, Rue des Villas (Deauville); 011-33-2-3114-1800; villajosephine.fr.
Restaurants
●Brasserie Le Central – 158 Boulevard Fernand-Moureaux (Trouville); 011-33-2-3188-8084; 1 of Yves Saint Laurent’s favorites.
●Dupont – 20 Place Morny; 011-33-2-3188-2079; patisseriedupont.com; old-school hot chocolate, pastries, and tea.
●L’Essentiel – 29-31 Rue Mirabeau; 011-33-2-3187-2211; lessentiel-deauville.com; Asian-Euro fusion.
●Chez Miocque – 81, Rue Eugene Colas (Deauville); 011-33-2-3188-0952.
●La Peniche – Boulevard de la Mer (Marina); 011-33-2-3198-5275; la.peniche.deauville.online.fr; sleek, new floating restaurant near beach.
●Les Vapeurs – 160 Boulevard Fernand-Moureaux (Trouville); 011-33-2-3188-1524.
Shopping
●La Maison de la Presse – 88 Rue Eugene Colas (Deauville); 33-2-3188-2566; bookstore.
●Pillet-Saiter Fish Market – Boulevard Fernand-Moureaux (Trouville); 011-33-2-3188-0210; open-air fish market, open daily; serves soup.
Sights & Sites
●Hippodrome Deauville-Clairefontaine – horse-racing.
●Villa Strassburger – 14800 Avenue Strassburger; 011-33-2-3188-2044; built by Henri de Rothschild in 1907 on site of Gustave Flaubert’s family’s farm; open to public in July-August.
HONFLEUR (about 20 minutes from Deauville-Trouville)
Hotels
●La Maison de Lucie – 44 Rue des Capucins; 011-33-2-3114-4040; lamaisondelucie.com; rustic, upscale 12-room boutique.
Restaurants
●Entre Terre et Mer – 12-14 Place Hamelin; 011-33-2-3189-7060; entreterreetmer-honfleur.com; seafood.
●Sa.Qua.Na – 22 Place Hamelin; 011-33-2-3189-4080; alexandre-bourdas.com/saquana/index.htm; 2 Michelin stars; region’s top restaurant.
Sights & Sites
●Eglise Ste. Catherine – Place Ste. Catherine; 011-33-2-3188-2330; created by shipbuilders in 1400s, has ceiling shaped like 2 upside-down boats.
●Musee Eugene Boudin – Rue de l’Homme de Bois; 011-33-2-3189-5400; ville-honfleur.fr/musee-eugene-boudin,0,0,139.html.
LE MONT ST-MICHEL
Sights & Sites
●Mont St-Michel – ot-montsaintmichel.com; small tidal island with Benedictine Abbey.
PICAUVILLE
Hotels
●Chateau de L’Isle-Marie – D 67 (between Chef-du-Pont and Picauville); 011-33-2-3321-3725; islemarie.com; near Bayeaux and various D-Day sites; 5-bedroom, 17th Century castle.
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