kitchen area
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family en-suite bedroom
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Whatever are your preferences, La Manche will amaze you from Cherbourg to Avranches. With 300 kms of coastlines and safe sandy beaches this part of Normandy offers visitors plenty of activities for both adults and children
Along the "Liberty Road" you visit Avranches, Carentan, Ste Mère Eglise, medieval chateaux & abbayes (Hambye 10' drive).
Most of the attractive towns are all within 30 mns drive:
Granville: seaside resort, water sports center, golf courses, casino, horse races and famous dressmaker C.Dior's house, garden and museum.
Harbour for trips to Jersey or Guernesey
The Cathedral town of Coutances (11th-13th c), magnificent botanical garden, Jazz festival, shops and small "cafés"..
Saint-Lô, first national Stud farm, old ramparts, "gourmet walks" (july/august), Fine Arts museums, Antiques.
Since 13th century and Knights of Malta, Villedieu-les-Poêles is famed for its copperware, bell foundries, museums. Busy market on Tuesday, ancient courtyards, medieval stairways...cinema & swimming pool... only 10' drive
Leasures and Gastronomy
Mont-Saint-Michel bay's largest tides in Europa, not to be missed !!!
Nature outings, picnics, walking, hiking, fishing in the river Vire, donkey/horse riding.
Exotical garden and Zoo at Champrepus (10 miles), Antiques shops and "Brocantes"(second hand market) from March to October, or house hunting...
Seafood restaurants, local production of cider, Calvados, Pommeau(norman Cognac).
Choose your favorite markets, you are in the cheeses'paradise: Camembert, Coutances, Pont-l'Evêque.
Taste the local speciality "Andouille" a pork chitterling sausage in La Baleine(6 miles).
In Percy, 3 boulangeries fresh "croissants" and excellent pastries, the good life don't you think so !!
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