Guidebook for Falaise

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Guidebook for Falaise

Sightseeing

Norman castle well worth a visit
75 localnici recomandă
Castelul Guillaume-le-Conquerant
Place Guillaume le Conquérant
75 localnici recomandă
Norman castle well worth a visit
If you love automata, this is the place for you. Lovely set-pieces from Parisian store shop windows throughout the 20th century
9 localnici recomandă
Automates Avenue
Boulevard de la Libération
9 localnici recomandă
If you love automata, this is the place for you. Lovely set-pieces from Parisian store shop windows throughout the 20th century
An interesting road with several old houses, showing what Falaise must have been like before the Allied bombing in 1944
Rue du Sergent Goubin
Rue du Sergent Goubin
An interesting road with several old houses, showing what Falaise must have been like before the Allied bombing in 1944
Abbey built by William the Conqueror in 12th century
113 localnici recomandă
Abbaye aux Hommes
Esplanade Jean-Marie Louvel
113 localnici recomandă
Abbey built by William the Conqueror in 12th century
Another of William the Conqueror's chateaux, with an excellent museum and an art gallery
234 localnici recomandă
Castelul Caen
234 localnici recomandă
Another of William the Conqueror's chateaux, with an excellent museum and an art gallery
A charming little chateau with a lovely garden full of surprises
Le Château
Le Château
A charming little chateau with a lovely garden full of surprises
The valley of the Orne and the Suisse-Normande are beautiful areas for walking, hiking, velo, kayak .....
28 localnici recomandă
Pont-d'Ouilly
28 localnici recomandă
The valley of the Orne and the Suisse-Normande are beautiful areas for walking, hiking, velo, kayak .....
Beautiful views, lovely walks, visitors centre, restaurant, shop.
61 localnici recomandă
Stânca Oëtre
61 localnici recomandă
Beautiful views, lovely walks, visitors centre, restaurant, shop.
A lovely seaside resort with a beautful beach and a pleasant promenade
131 localnici recomandă
Cabourg
131 localnici recomandă
A lovely seaside resort with a beautful beach and a pleasant promenade
A wonderful little church more than 1000 years old
Saint-Laurent
A wonderful little church more than 1000 years old

Drinks & Nightlife

Very friendly little brasserie, good coffee and simple lunches
AU DUC NORMAND
5 Rue Saint-Gervais
Very friendly little brasserie, good coffee and simple lunches

Essentials

Good fresh fruit and vegetable
Lidl
Rue Michel d'Ornano
Good fresh fruit and vegetable

Everything Else

Saturday market, local produce, well worth a visit. Strawberries, local cheeses, tergoule are very tasty
Place Belle Croix
Place Belle Croix
Saturday market, local produce, well worth a visit. Strawberries, local cheeses, tergoule are very tasty
Great local market on Mondays, with a fabulous medieval market hall
Place du Marché
Great local market on Mondays, with a fabulous medieval market hall
Famous first building to be liberated in 1944, still run by Mme Gondrée - a must for an interesting experience. Pegasus Bridge, landing sites, and Memorial Pegasus are all fascinating
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Café Gondrée
12 Av. du Commandant Kieffer
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Famous first building to be liberated in 1944, still run by Mme Gondrée - a must for an interesting experience. Pegasus Bridge, landing sites, and Memorial Pegasus are all fascinating
One of the best places for an understanding of the 1944 landings and the Atlantic Wall
20 localnici recomandă
Muzeul și situl bateriei Merville
20 localnici recomandă
One of the best places for an understanding of the 1944 landings and the Atlantic Wall

Food Scene

Our favourite restaurant in former abbey buildings
6 localnici recomandă
Le Bistrot de l'Abbaye
23 Rue Saint-Martin
6 localnici recomandă
Our favourite restaurant in former abbey buildings
Good local brasserie and pizzeria
Pizzeria La Place
1 Pl. du Dr Paul German
Good local brasserie and pizzeria
Wonderful bakery and coffee-shop snack café that makes extremely wonderful and naughty cakes
Boulangerie Patisserie Serais SARL
5 Place du Docteur Henri Cailloué
Wonderful bakery and coffee-shop snack café that makes extremely wonderful and naughty cakes