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The History & Religious Buildings of Normandy North Cotswolds U3A presents The History & Religious Buildings of Normandy 6 days from £754 Departing 8th May 2017 FEATURES • Three dinners included (set three course dinners without drinks) • All excursions, guided tours & entrance fees included • Ferry crossings as detailed below • Executive coach travel throughout • Lunch included on Day 3 WHAT WE WILL SEE • Landings Museum at Arromanches • Bayeux & Notre Dame Cathédrale – guided tour • Bayeux Tapestry • Château Ducal • Abbaye aux Hommes & Abbaye aux Dames • Pierre Huet Calvados Distillery – included tour & tasting • Abbaye de Cerisy la Forêt – guided tour • St Lô • Cathédrale Notre Dame at Coutances • Jardin Public • Cornille-Havard Bell Foundry – guided tour • Abbaye de la Lucerne – guided tour • Le Musée Christian Dior • Abbaye de Lessay FERRY CROSSINGS One way overnight crossing aboard a Brittany Ferry from Portsmouth to Caen on Day 1. Cost includes an inside 4 berth cabin (2 lower beds and 2 upper beds) for two persons. Single travellers will be allocated a two berth inside cabin (1 lower bed and 1 upper bed) for one person. On board facilities include a restaurant and bar. On Day 6 we take a late afternoon Brittany Ferries crossing from Caen to Portsmouth. No meals are included on board the ferries. ACCOMMODATION Nights two and three of our tour will be spent at the 3* Hotel des Quatrans at Caen (www.hotel-des-quatrans.com). The following two nights are spent at the 3* Inter Hotel Cositel at Coutances (www.cositel.fr). All rooms at both hotels are ensuite, and Coutances Cathedral feature television and telephone. A set three course dinner without drinks is included on For more information on this tour contact your group organiser evenings two, four and five of our tour. John Thompstone EXTRAS TO YOUR TOUR • Insurance £36 Tel: 01386 852930 • Single room supplement £119 (including a single cabin on board the ferry) Email: [email protected] • Meals on board the ferry Tailored Travel’s ATOL • Gratuities number is 5605 Greyfriars, Broadway Road Price based on twin share. Minimum numbers Childswickham WR12 7HP required. Normal booking conditions apply. View and share this tour online - click on View Your Tour at www.tailored-travel.co.uk and quote ncu171 North Cotswolds U3A presents The History & Religious Buildings of Normandy WHAT WE WILL SEE 6 days from £754 Departing 8th May 2017 Landings Museum at Day 1 Arromanches We depart in our private executive coach from our designated pick up points and Bayeux & Notre Dame travel to Portsmouth for our overnight Brittany Ferries crossing to Caen. Cathédrale Day 2 We arrive early at Caen this morning. After some free time in Arromanches for Bayeux Tapestry breakfast, we visit the nearby Landings Museum, where Allied ships successfully achieved the greatest landings in history. The museum contemplates the Château Ducal construction of Mulberry Harbour in Arromanches, a truly extraordinary technological feat which provided the key to victory in Normandy. Our guided Abbaye aux Hommes & Abbaye tour of Bayeux this afternoon includes a visit to the Gothic Notre Dame aux Dames Cathédrale. The original Romanesque church that stood here was consecrated in 1077, and it is likely that Bayeux’s famous tapestry was commissioned for this Pierre Huet Calvados Distillery occasion by one of its key characters, Bishop Odo. We continue to the Bayeux Abbaye de Cerisy la Forêt Tapestry Museum, to see the embroidery that recounts in great detail Willliam the Conqueror’s invasion of England in 1066. On arrival in Caen we check in at the 3* St Lô Hotel des Quatrans for a two night stay. A set 3 course dinner without drinks is included in our hotel this evening and the remaining night is on bed and breakfast Cathédrale Notre Dame at basis. Coutances Day 3 Jardin Public This morning we see the remains of Château Ducal in Caen, built around 1060 by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy then King of England. The castle is Cornille-Havard Bell Foundry one of the largest medieval enclosures in Europe. We then visit Abbaye aux Hommes to see the abbey church, Eglise St Etienne. The church is a masterpiece Abbaye de la Lucerne of Norman Romanesque architecture, and the sparingly decorated nave was roofed in the early 12th century with stone vaulting that anticipates the Gothic Le Musée Christian Dior style. Like the Abbaye aux Hommes, the Abbaye aux Dames also has a Norman Romanesque church, La Trinité. Begun in 1060, it was consecrated six years Abbaye de Lessay later. After an included lunch in Caen, we enjoy a tour and tasting at the Pierre Huet Calvados Distillery. Day 4 After checking out of our hotel and en route to Coutances, we enjoy a guided tour at Abbaye de Cerisy la Forêt this morning. The origins of the Abbey date back to the sixth century, and according to legend Saint Vigor first built a religious monument on land that was offered to him following a fight with a dragon from which he emerged victorious. After free time for lunch in St Lô, we continue to Coutances to visit Cathédrale Notre Dame, the most famous Gothic monument in Normandy. Founded in the 1040s by Bishop Geoffroi de Montbray, it was financed by the local de Hauteville family using monies acquired in Sicily from where they had founded a kingdom a few years earlier. After visiting the Jardin Public, we check in at the 3* Inter Hotel Cositel at Coutances for a two Landing Beach at Arromanches night stay on half board basis. Day 5 This morning we enjoy a guided tour at the Cornille-Havard Bell Foundry. Manufacturing bells for churches, ships and public buildings throughout the world, our tour of the factory takes in the kiln, the moulds and the pits where the bells emerge after casting. After free time for lunch in Villedieu-les-Poêles, we have a guided tour at the Abbaye de la Lucerne, a Premonstratensian monastery following the rules set by Saint Augustine. On arrival in Granville this afternoon we visit Le Musée Christian Dior, located in the fashion designer’s childhood home. Bayeux Tapestry Day 6 We visit Abbaye de Lessay this morning, founded in the late 11th century. Lessay was spared from destruction after the French Revolution, unlike so many other religious establishments, but unfortunately, the same can’t be said about the summer of 1944 when the church was destroyed during allied bombing. A new church, rebuilt to the original plans was inaugurated in 1959 after a decade of research and work. After free time for lunch in St Lô, we continue to Caen for our late afternoon Brittany Ferries crossing to Portsmouth, and onwards coach travel back to our original pick up points. NB:- Please note we reserve the right to alter the above itinerary if required for operational reasons. Given the historic nature of the places visited, a certain degree of walking will Abbeye de Lessay be involved, and this holiday may not be suitable for those with mobility problems. 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