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Ferme-Musée du Cotentin
" ⌂ 1 Chemin de Beauvais,
Ste-Mère-Église § 02 33 95 Did You Know?
40 20 # Jul & Aug: 11am–7pm
daily; Apr–Jun, Sep & Oct: Christian Dior named
2–6pm daily ¢ Nov–Mar one coat in every
collection after
Musée Régional du Cidre Granville, the town
" ⌂ Rue du Petit-Versailles, where he was born.
Valognes § 02 33 40 22 73
# Apr–Sep: 2–6:15pm Wed–
Sun, from 11am Jul & Aug
From the picturesque harbour
there are boat trips to the Îles
6 Chausey, a scattering of low-
lying granite islands that form
Coutances part of the Channel Islands.
The Musée d’Art Moderne
! B2 ⌂ Manche £ @
n 6 rue Milon; www. Richard Anacréon houses art
tourisme-coutances.fr from the early 20th-century.
The Great Gallery of Men Amid a beautiful cliff garden,
and Machines at La Cité From Roman times until the the Musée Christian Dior is in
de la Mer in Cherbourg Revolution, this hilltop town the lovely pastel-pink Villa
was capital of the Cotentin. Les Rhumbs, which was the
The slender Norman Gothic renowned fashion designer’s
commemorates the event Cathédrale Notre-Dame has a fine childhood home.
with its Musée Airborne soaring 66-m (217-ft) lantern
(Airborne Troops Museum). tower. Founded in the 1040s, Musée d’Art Moderne
Just outside Ste-Mère-Église, it was financed by the local de Richard Anacréon
the rewarding Ferme-Musée Hauteville family using money " ⌂ Place de l’Isthme, La
du Cotentin has farm animals gained in Sicily, where they Haute-Ville § 02 33 51 02 94
and activities, which give an had founded a kingdom. The # 11am–6pm Tue–Sun
insight into rural life in the town was badly damaged
early 1900s, while further to during World War II, but the Musée Christian Dior
the north, in Valognes is the cathedral, two churches and " ⌂ Villa Les Rhumbs
Musée Régional du Cidre, the public gardens, with their # 10am–6:30pm daily
which celebrates the thriving rare plants, all survived. ∑ musee-dior-granville.com
local industry.
Two fishing ports command
the peninsula’s northeast cor- 7
ner: St-Vaast-la-Hougue and
Barfleur, the former famous Granville
for oysters and a base for boat ! B2 ⌂ Manche £ @ g
trips to the Île de Tatihou. The n 4 cours Jonville; www.
Val de Saire is ideal for a scenic ville-granville.fr
drive, with a viewpoint at La
Pernelle, which boasts a stun- Ramparts enclose Granville’s
ning panorama of the coast. upper town, which sits on a
On the west side of the penin- spur above the Baie du Mont-
sula, the resort of Barneville- St-Michel. The walled town
Carteret offers sandy beaches developed from fortifi cations
and summer boat trips over to that were originally built by
the Channel Islands. The low- the English in 1439.
lying, marshy landscape east The chapel walls of the
of Carentan forms the heart of Église de Notre-Dame are
the Parc Régional des Marais lined with tributes from local
du Potentin et du Bessin. fishermen to their patroness,
Notre-Dame du Cap Lihou.
Musée Airborne An old-fashioned seaside
" ⌂ 14 rue Eisenhower, resort occupies the lower part
Ste-Mère-Église # Feb–Nov: of the town, complete with a Pink-painted Villa Les
10am–6pm daily ¢ Jan & Dec casino, pleasant promenades Rhumbs, home to the
∑ airborne-museum.org and colourful public gardens. Musée Christian Dior
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