It is in the green and peaceful setting that stands the Sainte-Trinité abbey of Lucerne, a medieval monastic centre founded in the 12th century. The abbey is open to the public and visit highlights include the Romanesque abbey church, cellars, lavatorium, refectory and Hosts room.

Nicknamed Monaco of the North because it is built on a rocky promontory, Granville forms a beautiful picture with the granite houses of its upper town surrounded by ramparts and fishing and sailing port below. Boasting a beach, a thalassotherapy centre and a casino, Granville is also a seaside resort.

Classified, like the Mont Saint-Michel, World Heritage of Unesco, the bay of Mont Saint Michel has a high biodiversity. A vast natural heritage who also knows tidal amplitudes strongest in Europe. The bay also has the particularity to be a favorite place for wild birds. The salt marshes of the bay of Mont Saint Michel, where graze sheep, represent the largest area of ​​salt meadows of France.

You can buy tickets for the tour of the abbey of Mont Saint Michel in the campsite reception:

Advantage: no queue.

The price is 11 € per person over 26 years.

free:

• for - 25 (nationals of the European Union)
• Disabled people and their companion

Schedules:

OF 2 January to 30 April

Open every day

9.30-18.00

THE May 2 to August 31

Open every day

9.00-19.00

OF 1 September to 31 December

Open every day

9.30-18.00

Fancy a kind memorable exit, book your crossing at the reception in the Bay of Mont Saint Michel with an experienced guide who will make you discover the riches of this bay, fauna and flora. You will have the opportunity to walk in quicksand.

Information and reservation at the campsite reception

Manuscripts town, Avranches invites its visitors to discover its Mont-Saint-Michel manuscripts museum. The Scriptorial d'Avranches is home to a prestigious collection of medieval manuscripts. An exceptional written heritage not to be missed!

Not to be missed: the botanical garden and its viewpoint indicator, which offers a wonderful panoramic view of the Mont-Saint-Michel bay.

Villedieu-les-Poêles is a town known for its craft trades, especially copper. After a stroll through the narrow streets and hidden courtyards, you can visit the town's many workshops and museums, including a copper workshop, bell foundry, tin museum, Normandy furniture museum, copper pots and pans museum and lace-making museum.

Dominated by the towers of its cathedral, the City of Art and History of Coutances has a beautiful religious heritage. Built in the 13th century, the Notre-Dame cathedral constitutes a remarkable example of the Normandy Gothic art. To discover: its nave, its 13th-century stained glass windows, as well as its magnificent tower, a masterpiece of Gothic style.

Not far from the cathedral, the particularly relaxing botanic garden is a place great for strolling.

The city of Coutances is also well-known for its "Jazz sous les Pommiers" (Jazz under the apple trees) music festival, which is held every year in May.

Built in the 12th in the 14th centuries, the Benedictine abbey of Hambye is a place bathed in peace and serenity. The remains of the abbey church, as well as the chapter house, the scriptorium, the visiting room, the sacristy and the kitchen can be visited.

Concerts of sacred music are regularly organised there.

Monday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 02:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 02:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 02:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 02:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM

"Wonder of the West" and a place of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages, Mont-Saint-Michel, a unesco world Heritage Site, attracts visitors from all over the world. Dedicated to Saint Michel in 708, the Mont is today the most visited site in France. Rising in the middle of a wild and beautiful bay, Mont-Saint-Michel arouses enchantment and admiration with its abbey perched atop the rocky islet and its medieval city surrounded by ramparts. Once through the fortified gates marking the entrance to the village, walkers and pilgrims first discover the Grande-Rue, its ancient granite houses, museums and souvenir shops. It is on this street, often lively, that is the restaurant of Mother Poulard, famous brand known for its omelettes. After climbing the slope of the Great Street as well as the staircase of the Grand Degré leading to the sanctuary, place to visit the abbey.

Dominated by the tower of its abbey church, the Benedictine abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel offers a wonderful range of architecture, ranging from the 11th to the 16th century. The 11th-century Romanesque abbey church; The monks' walkway; the Wonder, a set of six rooms on three levels of the refectory, the guest room, the chaplaincy, the cloister, the Knights' Room and the cellar are a remarkable testimony to religious art.

After the visit, a stroll along the round road, located at the foot of the abbey, is required. From here, the view of the medieval city's mansions and bay is superb.

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Car: 14-20 a day

Camping-cars: 17-80 a day

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Dogs can access Mont Saint Michel, however you will have to walk to the Mont, as animals are not allowed on the shuttles.

Only on a leash.

NB: you can make a guided crossing of the bay of Mont Saint Michel with your dog. find out at the campsite reception.

The village of Lessay is known for its abbey church, a remarkable example of Romanesque art, but also for its Sainte-Croix country fair which attracts a large number of visitors every year the second weekend of September.

The small town of Dol-de-Bretagne has a beautiful heritage: the Saint-Samson Cathedral, a flamboyant Gothic building housing a splendid glass roof of the thirteenth century; the Grande-Rue des Stuarts with its old half-timbered houses, the Promenade des Douves...

A centre for the discovery of cathedrals, the Cathedraloscope offers a scenography that allows a better understanding of the construction, architecture and symbolism of cathedrals.

The Roches de Ham are located in the beautiful and unspoiled setting of the Vire Valley. These rock faces overhanging the river are popular with climbers.

From this site there is a beautiful, sweeping view of the Vire and its gentle landscapes.

Not far from Dol-de-Bretagne, the village of Mont-Dol is situated at the foot of the mount of the same name, which reaches its peak at 65 metres. The peak of the Mont-Dol offers a beautiful panoramic view of the surrounding countryside and in particular on the Mont-Saint-Michel bay. A windmill, a chapel and a tower can also be discovered up there.

Nestling on the edge of a lake, the small scenic town of Combourg is dominated by the pepper-pot turrets of its feudal castle.

The Romantic writer Chateaubriand, who grew up in the medieval château and wrote, "It was in the woods of Combourg that I became what I am", has shaped the town's history. Open to visitors, the 13th- and 15th-century château has the bedroom and souvenirs of the famous writer on display.

Fishing port and oyster farming centre, Cancale is renowned for its flat oysters that are enjoyed by all lovers of seafood. Situated in the Mont-Saint-Michel bay, Cancale is a seaside resort where it is good to:

• Walk on the quays and piers of the little harbour of La Houle;
• Stroll on the Douaniers footpath;
• Relax on its beaches;
• Taste its famous oysters.

From the top of the tower of the church, the view of Cancale, its port, its beaches and the Mont-Saint-Michel bay is superb.

With its nine different universes, the Grand Aquarium of Saint-Malo, a stone's throw from the legendary corsair city, is one of the most important in France. Embark on a great journey under the seas and meet some 10,000 fish, representing more than 600 species evolving in all climates.

Several rooms reveal the treasures of the seabed. In the Ring of The Seas, an aquarium of 600,000 liters of water deploys a 360° panoramic view of its fascinating residents that are its sharks, giant grouper and turtles. The surprising flash fish of the Abyssal room, the little-known species of the Atlantic room, the shimmering inhabitants of the Mediterranean and Tropical rooms, the rich ecosystem of the Mangrove, the nursery of the site in the Laboratory of the Sea: all these discoveries will widen the eyes of all generations!

Original sensory experiences are offered to the visitor: dive aboard the Nautibus to join a reconstituted marine universe, travel in deep waters in the Abyssal Descender, a unique descent simulator in the world, to admire the fauna and flora of the shallows, or come into direct contact with certain marine animals, such as rays, turbot and starfish, in the touch pool.

Monday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 07:00 PM

The Grouin head point, which marks the end of the Emerald Coast, has a footpath and viewpoint indicator where you can fully appreciate the wild beauty of the place.

Rebuilt after the destruction of 1944, the city of Saint-Lô has nevertheless retained its character with its ramparts and towers overlooking the Vire valley.

The Museum of Fine Arts, recounting through its collection the history of tapestry from the sixteenth century to the present day, exhibits in particular the Tenture des Amours by Gombault and Macée, a work of the sixteenth century.

Rebuilt identically, the national stud farm, which is one of the largest in France, offers guided tours. During the Thursdays of the Stud, from the end of July to September, stallions are presented to visitors.

Corsair town looking onto the sea, Saint-Malo is a renowned seaside resort today. Surrounded by ramparts, the fortified city of Saint-Malo was superbly rebuilt to its original style after 80% of it was destroyed in August 1944. The town of Saint-Malo forms a magnificent whole with its ramparts, castle and beautiful buildings. A walk around the ramparts is essential and offers stunning views of the sea, the sandy beaches below, the National Fort (built by Vauban), the port and the buildings inside the fortified city.

To acquaint with the history of Saint-Malo, one can head towards the big keep of the castle, which is home to the Malouin City and Countryside History museum.

Visitors can also go to the Big Aquarium of Saint-Malo, a place entirely devoted to the marine world.

Every four years, the town of Saint-Malo is the starting point of the famous Route du Rhum solo transatlantic yacht race to Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe.

Pearl of the Emerald Coast, Dinard is an elegant seaside resort that has successfully preserved its belle-époque spirit, as illustrated by its numerous listed villas dating from the end of the 19th century.

Besides the beautiful beaches of Ecluse, Prieuré, Saint-Énogat and Port Blanc, holidaymakers can take advantage of magnificent coastal walks, such as those of the Promenade du Clair de Lune (Moonlight Walk), the Moulinet head point and the Malouine head point. These seafront walks are also a good way of exploring the belle-époque heritage and architecture of Dinard, a designated Town of Art and History.

The Dinard British Film festival is held every year in October.