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Ferries:
Comments - mix and match is great (night sail out, fast sail back). Prices are comparitively high but good quality service and facilities. Timetables change for summer and winter.
Portsmouth - Cherbourg (3 hours)
Portsmouth - Caen (3.5 hours, 6 hours or overnight)
Poole - Cherbourg (2.5 hours or 4 hours)
Portsmouth - St Malo (9 hours overnight outbound, daytime inbound)
Poole - 3 hour or overnight crossings to Cherbourg &Caen
Comments - great overnight "lie flat" sleeper seats as well as cabins, low prices. 21/2 hour drive Le Harve to La Lorrie.
Portsmouth - Le Harve (5.5 hours day, 8 hours night)
Newhaven - Le Harve (5 hours)
Newhaven - Dieppe (4 hours)
Dover-Calais
Comments - fast crossing, 4 hours drive (418km) when you arrive and motoway tolls of around €30 each way
Paris 308km, 3 hours
Mont St Michel
Comment - a great day out, walk up the narrow winding streets to the most amazing cloisters right at the top. Set out early to avoid the crowds. Check with tourist information with regards to walking across the bay to the mount - subject to the times of the tides.
"A thousand fascinating years , a story of faith, courage and extraordinary human talents and skills have made the "Marvel of the West", a masterpiece and a world heritage site belonging to all mankind. By turns a monastery, a citadel, a prison, the Mont Saint Michel symbolises the eternal struggle of Good against Evil."
Channel Islands
Comments: Great day out - 60 minute (or so) ferry and car hire included when you arrive - oh, and the channel islands decided not to sign up to all the new European rules and regs so you can still buy duty free!
Bayeux Tappestry
Considered a unique world masterpiece, the Bayeux Tapestry is actually an embroidery made from wool on linen canvas during the 11th century. It is 70m long and 50cm high, it recounts, simply but with a wealth of detail, how and why William the Conqueror conquered England on 14 October 1066. Accompany your visit to the exhibition and Tapestry with a free headphone set (available in 11 languages).
Centre Guillaume le Conquérant Rue de Nesmond
Tel : 02 31 51 25 50
Fax : 02 31 51 25 59
Contact : tapisserie@mairie-bayeux.fr
tapisserie.resa@dial.oleane.com
Member of the "Normandy's Parks and Gardens" Club the Champrépus Zoo provides you with the chance to discover a landscaped setting of the animal world in a variety of themed gardens. Emotion and surprise waiting for you all along the adventure trail... Discover the fascinating universe of wild animals in a delightfully landscaped scenery.
The Zoological Park is situated on the D924 between Villedieu and Granville.
50800 Villedieu-les-Poêles
Tel : 02 33 61 30 74
Fax : 02 33 61 71 43
Contact : zoo.champrepus@wanadoo.fr
Jurques Zoo Park www.zoodejurques.frMore than 500 animals in 15 hectares of grounds. Play parks for children, shows, restaurant, safari animals and rare species in one of France's most visited parks. Jurques is located between Caen and Vire.
14260 Jurques
Tel : 02 31 77 94 12
Fax : 02 31 77 77 64
Contact : zoo.dejurques@wanadoo.fr
Parc de Loisirs (L'Ange Michel)
www.ange-michel-attractions.com Visit the ANGE-MICHEL Amusement Park for an unforgettable day out! On the banks of Lake de Vezins, in ten hectares of countryside, over 30 rides!
AQUA-SPLASH - Pentagliss (4 Slides) - Quad Bikes - 4 Trampolines - Summer Tobogganing (220 M) - Bumper Cars And Electric Bikes - Animal Rides - Water Balls - Pony Rides - Kamikaze Dragons - Professional Bowling, Bumper Boats, Horse Rodeo, Giant Swing, Caterpillar (Train On Rails) - Hexagon, Bouncy Castle Play Land, Adult Fairground Rides, Games For Kids, Classic Car Museum, Traditional Craft Museum, Quad Bikes, Tourist Train, Billiards - Bar - Table Football, Tea Room, Flower Gardens - Rose Garden, Birds, Panoramic Views.
50730 Saint-Martin-de-Landelles
Festyland
www.festyland.com
Very french... Asterix style et. al..
Viaduc de la Souleuvre is a place of great historic significance. It holds strong metaphoric bonds to the jump that started it all - through its builder, the great Gustave Eiffel. The old railway bridge has long ago collapsed but the impressive 61-metre stone columns are still standing and have been interconnected by an exhilarating suspension foot-bridge, to give access to the jump deck. Apart from Bungee Jumping is it now home to the Scable, a 400-metre-long death slide or Flying Fox on which you can cross the valley at more than 100 km per hour and a Tree Top Adventure Park.
The site is open daily from mid-June to mid-September and weekends from March to November. There's a nice looking restaurant on site & picnic area if you prefer to be self sufficient.
Viaduc de la Souleuvre
14350 La Ferrière Harang
Normandie - France
Tel : 02 31 66 31 66
Fax : 02 31 66 31 67
Contact : info@ajhackett.fr
Villedieu Les Poeles local web site