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Welcome to <strong>Bessin</strong>! ........................................................... 3<br />
D-<strong>Day</strong> <strong>Landing</strong>s & the Battle of Normandy ........................... 4<br />
Excursions and Private tours ................................................ 9<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong>, living heritage ...................................................... 12<br />
Arts, crafts & creative work ................................................ 14<br />
<strong>Bessin</strong> Heritage ................................................................ 16<br />
Industrial tours ................................................................. 20<br />
Farm Cider - Markets ....................................................... 22<br />
Shops, Souvenirs - Supermarkets ...................................... 24<br />
Antiques and second-hand goods & Art galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Sports & leisure activities .................................................. 28<br />
Leisure, night out & entertainment .................................... 32<br />
Agenda of <strong>Bessin</strong> 2016 .................................................... 33<br />
Map of Normandy............................................................. 34<br />
Map of <strong>Bessin</strong> .................................................................. 35<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Town map of <strong>Bayeux</strong>......................................................... 36<br />
Maps of Arromanches and Courseulles-sur-Mer ................. 38<br />
Maps of Creully and Port-en-<strong>Bessin</strong> ................................... 39<br />
Maps of Isigny-sur-Mer and Grandcamp-Maisy................... 40<br />
Map of Omaha Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Services for travellers ....................................................... 42<br />
Hotels .............................................................................. 43<br />
Monastery accommodation, centre & other accommodation . 47<br />
Tourist residences ............................................................ 47<br />
Campsites. ....................................................................... 48<br />
Service and parking areas for camper vans ........................ 50<br />
Bed & Breakfasts ............................................................ 51<br />
Furnished accommodation to rent ...................................... 56<br />
Restaurants . ................................................................... 62<br />
ACCESS & TRANSPORT<br />
A STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION...<br />
Le Mont-<br />
Saint-Michel<br />
Cherbourg<br />
Direction<br />
<br />
<br />
N 13<br />
Saint-Lô<br />
Manche<br />
<br />
<br />
A 84<br />
Calvados<br />
<br />
<br />
CAEN<br />
BASSE-<br />
NORMANDIE<br />
Le Havre<br />
Lisieux<br />
Alençon<br />
A 29<br />
Honfleur<br />
Deauville<br />
Ouistreham<br />
Falaise<br />
Direction<br />
<br />
<br />
A 28<br />
PONT DE<br />
NORMANDIE<br />
Ornee<br />
A 13<br />
Direction<br />
<br />
<br />
Dieppe<br />
Directi<br />
irectioni<br />
<br />
<br />
A 13<br />
A 28<br />
For further information about travel in the region on the websites<br />
www.commentjyvais.fr or www.covoiturage-basse-normandie.fr<br />
See also «Services for Travellers» page 42<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Paris : 245 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Rouen : 153 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Deauville : 68 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Honfleur : 84 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Cherbourg : 92 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Caen : 29 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Falaise : 64 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Mont Saint-Michel : 112 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Lisieux : 76 km<br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> - Le Havre : 109 km<br />
By train: <strong>Bayeux</strong> train station<br />
www.voyages-sncf.com<br />
By ferry: Caen/Ouistreham ferry port<br />
<br />
www.brittany-ferries.fr<br />
By avion: Caen/Carpiquet airport<br />
www.caen.aeroport.fr<br />
By bus: <strong>Bayeux</strong> bus station<br />
- inter-urban network: www.busverts.fr<br />
- urban network: www.mairie-bayeux.fr<br />
TIPS<br />
+<br />
Welcome<br />
Souvenir postcard<br />
available free of charge<br />
at <strong>Bessin</strong> Tourist Offices!<br />
ARROMANCHES<br />
2 rue Maréchal Joffre,<br />
14117 Arromanches<br />
Tel 02 31 22 36 45 - Fax 02 31 22 92 06<br />
info@ot-arromanches.fr<br />
COURSEULLES-SUR-MER<br />
5 rue du 11 novembre - BP 15<br />
14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer<br />
Tel 02 31 37 46 80 - Fax 02 31 37 29 25<br />
tourisme@courseulles-sur-mer.com<br />
GRANDCAMP-MAISY<br />
Quai Crampon<br />
14450 Grandcamp-Maisy<br />
Tel/Fax 02 31 22 62 44<br />
grandcamp.tourisme@ccigi.fr<br />
BALLEROY - LE-MOLAY-LITTRY<br />
L’Embranchement<br />
14490 Montfiquet<br />
Tel 02 31 51 96 56 / 09 60 40 61 40<br />
maisondelaforet@orange.fr<br />
to <strong>Bessin</strong>!<br />
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES<br />
Communauté de Commune du Val de Seulles<br />
4 rue de <strong>Bayeux</strong> - 14250 Tilly-sur-Seulles<br />
Tel 02 31 08 31 62 - Fax 02 31 08 31 63<br />
valdeseulles@wanadoo.fr<br />
The Tourist Offices of <strong>Bessin</strong> are pleased to offer you this<br />
guide and wish you an excellent stay!<br />
In the heart of Normandy, around “<strong>Bayeux</strong>, the medieval town at the gateway to the<br />
D-<strong>Day</strong> <strong>Landing</strong> beaches”, <strong>Bessin</strong> is a region between land and sea, marked by history.<br />
Heritage, nature, gastronomy... take advantage of the treasures of “<strong>Bayeux</strong> - <strong>Bessin</strong> -<br />
<strong>Landing</strong> <strong>Beaches</strong>” for a wonderful stay!<br />
THE BESSIN<br />
TOURIST OFFICES<br />
ASNELLES<br />
Cale de l’Essex Yeomanry, BP 11<br />
14960 Asnelles<br />
Tel/Fax 02 31 21 94 02<br />
contact@tourisme-asnelles.com<br />
CREULLY<br />
12 Place Edmond Paillaud - B.P. 15<br />
14480 Creully<br />
Tel 02 31 80 67 08 - Fax 02 31 80 66 98<br />
tourisme.creully@wanadoo.fr<br />
ISIGNY-SUR-MER<br />
16 rue Emile Demagny<br />
14230 Isigny-sur-Mer<br />
Tel 02 31 21 46 00 - Fax 02 31 22 90 21<br />
isigny.tourisme@ccigi.fr<br />
PORT-EN-BESSIN<br />
Quai Baron Gérard<br />
14520 Port-en-<strong>Bessin</strong>-Huppain<br />
Tel 02 31 22 45 80 - Fax 02 31 51 28 29<br />
port@bayeux-tourism.com<br />
TRÉVIÈRES<br />
Ancienne RN 13<br />
14710 Formigny<br />
oti.omahabeach@orange.fr<br />
Opening times available in the useful links section: www.bessin-normandie.com<br />
BAYEUX<br />
Pont Saint-Jean<br />
14400 <strong>Bayeux</strong><br />
Tel 02 31 51 28 28 - Fax 02 31 51 28 29<br />
info@bayeux-tourism.com<br />
FORMIGNY<br />
Ancienne RN 13<br />
14710 Formigny<br />
Tel 02 31 51 39 52 - Fax 02 31 51 39 49<br />
oti.omahabeach@orange.fr<br />
LONGUES-SUR-MER<br />
Site de la Batterie<br />
14400 Longues-sur-Mer<br />
Tel 02 31 21 46 87 - Fax 02 31 51 28 29<br />
longues@bayeux-tourism.com<br />
SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER<br />
Ancienne RN 13<br />
14710 Formigny<br />
Tel 06 89 72 64 25<br />
oti.omahabeach@orange.fr<br />
VER-SUR-MER<br />
Centre Saint Exupéry<br />
Place Amiral Byrd - 14114 Ver-sur-Mer<br />
Tel 02 31 22 58 58 - Fax 02 31 21 09 12<br />
officetourisme.versurmer@orange.fr<br />
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