Normandy Trip (1 Viewer)

[Martatin]

Planning a 3 week trip in September to Normandy. Arriving in Caen departing Le Havre. Places on list to visit Bayeux, Hornfleur, St Malo and Normandy beaches. Would be grateful of any recommendations of camp sites with facilities and other places to visit/stay.

Getting late night ferry from Portsmouth any ideas on earliest boarding time? Or where to wait nearby?

 

[DBK]

We've stayed at the campsite in Falaise, a little inland of Caen a couple of times and enjoyed both visits.

If you want to try aires there are some good ones on the Normandy coast.

Post #144 in this Thread starts at Falaise then covers a few stops in Normandy but on aires.

Two Go Back For More Cheese

A longish drive north today has brought us to a little west of Tours to the Cher, a tributary of the Loire. We are at the CCP aire at Villandry. The main attraction here is the château. The gardens, according to our Welsh neighbours on the aire, are excellent but the interior is a...

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[Mr porky]

Port solent is a good place to kill time before you board. You can also use one of the local restaurants on the marina

 

[TerryL]

Lots of lovely places to visit in Normandy, it was a regular stamping ground for me when I was a coach driver, and we've visited in the m/h too. The Aires are generally pretty good, so I wouldn't worry too much about campsites, although there are some nice-looking ones (we've never tried any though). The only reason we use campsites is to do the laundry and for showers, but there are plenty of laundry machines at some of the big supermarkets and our shower is perfectly adequate.
Actually we've been considering our autumn break, and now you've given me some thoughts...................

 

[cyberyacht]

I did a tour round Brittany about 5 or 6 years back. I did a small video, the link for which is in my signature below, if that's any help.

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[Martatin]

Thanks for the info.
Thinking of doing day trip along the beaches. Is there plenty of daytime parking near them all ?