Bayeux Bessin D-Day Landing Beaches

PARKS & GARDENS
Jardins du Château de Brécy
MUSEUMS
Musée de Courseulles
UNACCOMPANIED VISIT: 1 hour
WEEKLY CLOSING: Tuesdays
Popular arts and traditions. Local history.
Models of old ships. Lace made at Courseulles
factory. History of the Combattante. Thematic
exhibition every year.
PRICES
Free
OPENING TIMES
15/06 > 18/09: 15h-19h (closed on Tuesday)
Winter: by appointment, call 02 31 37 11 21
17 rue de l’Amiral Robert
14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer
Tel 02 31 37 70 00
ANIMAL PARK
OPEN EVENINGS
RN13 Museum
« Station 70 », the RN13 Museum offers
the chance to visit the original collection of
locomotion enthusiast: cars, motorcycles,
toys, advertisements, etc. Exhibition of more
than 70 vehicles, mainly 2-wheels, 1,000
miniatures, 150 enamel publicity plaques
from the 1920s to the 1980s. Its garage
and its small traditional bistro offer great
conviviality! Come and spend a moment out
of time: your souvenirs are HERE!
PRICES
At your discretion
OPENING TIMES
01/01 > 31/12: evenings on weekdays 18h-22h
weekends and public holidays 14h-19h
Ancienne Route Nationale 13
14230 Osmanville
Tel 02 31 51 07 61 / 06 74 72 25 15
legleuherluc@wanadoo.fr
www.station70.fr
Beauquet Marais animal park
UNACCOMPANIED VISIT: about 2 hours
GUIDED TOUR OF THE BOTANICAL GARDEN:
at 4pm by appointment
Stop off for a visit to this unique animal park-educational
farm laid out over 15 hectares of grassland
and discover some rare animals and find out more
about them thanks to the information boards scattered
along your route. On site: picnic area, snack
bar and ice-cream. Animals are not authorised.
Musée du quotidien
de nos grands-parents
GUIDED TOUR: 1 hour
Delve into the past and the daily lives of
our grandparents through the many objects
and tools from the period. Also discover an
incredible collection of aluminium utensils
(900 pieces).
PRICES
Adults: 4 € - Children (8-16 years): 3 €
Under 8 years: free
OPENING TIMES
01/04 > 30/09: guided tour at 14h30 and 16h
every afternoon
1/10 > 31/03: guided tour by appointment on
06 95 11 29 24 every afternoon, except on the
2 nd and 4 th weekend of each month
8 rue Durant - 14710 St Laurent sur Mer
Tel 02 31 10 05 42 / 06 95 11 29 24
christopheangue@orange.fr
www.cmlesvignets.com
350 ANIMALS
with about a hundred
different species!
PRICE
Adults: 7,50 € - Children (3-12 years): 4,50 €
OPENING TIMES
1/05 > 30/06: 14h-19h (Wednesdays and weekend)
1/07 > 31/08: 11h-19h every day
1/09 > 31/10: 14h-19h (weekends)
Opening of the park on weekdays by appointment
Access signposted from the RD11
Ferme du Beauquet Marais
14230 Neuilly-la-Forêt - Tel 06 86 72 38 26
Jardin botanique de Bayeux
A 2.6 ha landscaped garden created in 1859 by
Eugène Bülher. Out of the 400 trees within, the most
spectacular is a “weeping beech”, listed as a natural
monument since 1932 and labelled a “Remarkable
Tree of France” in 2001. An integral part of Bayeux
heritage, the discovery trail which comprises information
panels, is ideal for exploring the garden and its
main plant species at liberty.
EXCEPTIONAL NATURAL AREA
Forêt Domaniale de Cerisy
The team at the Maison de la Forêt - Balleroy-Le
Molay-Littry Tourist Office welcomes you to the heart
of a 2,130 hectares massif: exhibition on forest
professions, exterior circuit presenting the history
of Cerisy forest, the fauna and flora. The team also
offers walks, children’s workshops, nature outings, etc.
Nearby, do not miss the Arboretum de la Sablonnière!
Maison de la Forêt - Tourist Office
L’embranchement - 14490 Montfiquet - Tel 02 31 51 96 56
maisondelaforet@orange.fr - www.maisondelaforetdecerisy.com
UNACCOMPANIED VISIT: 1 hour TICKET OFFICE CLOSING: 18h15
17 th century Italian-style garden, spread out over 5
terraces with a gate by Isaac GESLIN opening out
on to the sky. Numerous sculptures, flowerbeds
embroidered with box by Claude MOLLET, treecovered
cloister, fountains, roses, peonies, hellebores
- Unique - 13 th - 14 th century church.
Jardins de Castillon
VISIT: 1 hour
Two magnificent gardens listed as “Remarkable”. The
first comprises 3 successive terraces dotted with topiary
yew trees, opening out on to a bed filled with grasses and
ending with a small arboretum and a maze. The second
is a series of “chambers”. Ponds, Japanese, English and
aromatic gardens. Sale of plants at the adjoining nursery.
Prams and dogs not authorised in the gardens.
Parc naturel régional des marais
du Cotentin et du Bessin
These marshes laid out between two seas form an
exceptional natural area renowned for its wetlands and
the winter «blanchie». Departing from the Maison du
Parc, discover this unusual and original environment at
different times of the year.
Maison du Parc - Espace naturel sensible des Ponts d’Ouve
50500 Saint-Côme-du-Mont - Tel 02 33 71 65 30
accueil@parc-cotentin-bessin.fr
www.parc-cotentin-bessin.fr
PRICES
Adults: 8 € - Children (under 12 years): free
OPENING TIMES
From Easter to All-Saint’s Day: Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Sundays and public holidays and Saturdays in June
14480 St-Gabriel Brecy
Tel 02 31 80 11 48 - Fax 02 31 80 11 90
www.parcsetjardins.fr
PRICES
Adults: 7 €
Children (4 - 16 years): 4 € - Under 4 years: free
OPENING TIMES
01/05 > 30/09 or by appointment:
Tuesdays to Saturdays: 14h-17h
Open on Sundays in June and July: 14h30-17h
01/03 > 30/11: nursery open
14490 Castillon
Tel 02 31 92 56 03 - sbch@wanadoo.fr
www.jardinscastillonplantbessin.com
OPENING TIMES
01/04 > 30/09: 9h-20h
01/10 > 31/10: 9h-19h
01/11 > 31/03: 9h-17h
55, route de Port-en-Bessin
14400 Bayeux
Tel 02 31 10 10 14
Fax 02 31 92 02 34
espacesverts@mairie-bayeux.fr
www.mairie-bayeux.fr
GARDEN LISTED
as a historic monument
TIPS
+
« Environment
on Thursdays »
Every Thursday in July and
August at 14h30 or by
appointment, treasure hunt at
the SEROC Eco-Educational
park in order to learn more
about waste and test your
knowledge.
Tel 02 31 51 69 60
Fax 02 31 51 69 61
accueil@seroc14.fr
www.seroc-bayeux.fr
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