Calvados Group travel guide © O. Tresson - Château de Canon 2021 You have reached your destination! Welcome to Calvados, the true spirit of Normandy! Honfleur Trouville- sur-Mer Isigny- Courseulles- sur-Mer Saint-Aubin- Deauville © Vincent Rustuel sur-Mer Pont- sur-Mer Cabourg L'Evêque Ouistreham Bayeux Caen Lisieux Villers-Bocage Thury- Harcourt Clécy Falaise Vire 04. Six glimpses at Calvados 06. Brand new! 10. Maryse’s walkabout suggestions 12. Our tourist offices 17. Assistance from our incoming teams 19. Lecturing guides & Conferences and corporate events © Vincent Rustuel © Vincent Rustuel At your service Destination Calvados Maryse opens the doors to an area that can truly For all that, and much more, our group service is enhance your tours and packages. Our excellent delighted to help you. knowledge of Calvados and its tourist services is what enables us to best satisfy the needs of your clientele. How? So feel free! Call upon our group department, whatever your request - our team is sure to convince Connect to the ‘Group travel’ pages on our you that Calvados is more than just a land of cows calvados-tourisme.com website! and apple trees! And if you are looking for ‘turnkey’ solutions, take a look at the vast array of products on offer with our incoming agencies, also listed on our website: Your search: www.calvados-tourisme.co.uk/tours-and-packages Assistance in devising Ideas for organising a themed tour or activities package Your contact: © Vincent Rustuel To pre-book Documentation in accommodation multiple copies Maryse CAILLÈRE Promotion executive Sites to visit that are Images to enhance TEL: 0033(0)2 31 27 90 34 adapted to suit your your own brochures [email protected] specific clientele photo.calvados.fr © Aude Bauduin 3 Six glimpses at Calvados © Calvados Attractivité Who said Calvados was boring? On the contrary, it offers a multitude of activities! And rest assured: these must-see snippets are but the tip of the iceberg… 1. Relive History 2. Relish in its delights 3. Did you know? Pay a visit to the emblematic Who could possibly never have Calvados is France's third-ranking Mémorial de Caen for a heard of our camembert, pont- French area for the number of comprehensive insight into the l’évêque and livarot cheeses, our listed historic monuments, of story of the Allied Landings in calvados and scallops? They are which it boasts around 1,000. You Normandy and their consequences. among the products that have absolutely must take a tour of And take a heritage tour of the same earned Calvados its international the magnificent Bessin Châteaux beaches, as far as Pointe du Hoc, a reputation - come to their region (Fontaine-Henry, Colombières, etc.), symbol of the fierce combat waged and taste for yourself! Our cheeses or the astonishing Château de Saint- in the name of freedom. Delve into and ciders, our oysters and Germain de Livet in the Pays d’Auge. the emotion of the many sites of ‘andouille’ chitterling sausages And many others are yours to remembrance that commemorate await you, and their producers are discover: the classical Domaine de © iStock these crucial pages in history: the impatient to share with you their Pontécoulant in Suisse Normande, Normandy American Cemetery age-old traditional know-how. the traditional Manoir des Evêques and Memorial in Colleville-sur- on the Côte Fleurie coast, and the Mer, the Arromanches 360 cinema, stunning Church of St. Catherine in the Falaise Memorial - Civilians Honfleur. at war, the Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer, the Battle of Normandy Memorial in Bayeux, etc. © Vincent Rustuel © Les Droners © Photo911 4 © Calvados Attractivité © Les Droners © Grégory Wait © Loïc Durand 4. Follow in William the 5. Take a stroll through 6. A place for prayer Conqueror's footsteps our parks and gardens Born circa 1027 in Falaise, to Ten of them have been awarded Lisieux is France’s second most the south of Caen, the Duke of the official ‘Remarkable Garden’ important place of worship after Normandy who became King of quality label. The Jardins du Pays Lourdes. The Basilica is sure to England was a truly fascinating d'Auge in Cambremer take you astound you. You can also visit figure. In Calvados, you can visit on a journey through 27 different the Carmel and the Maison des many sites indelibly marked by his landscapes in this former nursery, Buissonnets, the childhood home life, among which, three towns whilst the gardens of the Château of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, whose in particular: Falaise, home to his de Canon offer an insight into the precepts are followed the world imposing childhood castle; Caen, evolution from classicism to the over. Another site worth a detour where you can admire his castle formal French garden, together is towards the west of Calvados, and two abbeys; Bayeux, the with some more irregular ‘English- the Basilica of Notre-Dame de famous tapestry of which tells style’ landscaped gardens. The la Délivrande, in Douvres-La- the story of his epic conquest of themed areas of the gardens of Délivrande. England. the Château de Vendeuvre, in turn, offer contrasting atmospheres. © iStock © Photo911 5 © Loïc Durand Brand new! Villa du Temps retrouvé Story and fine Walking tours The ‘Villa du Temps Retrouvé’ (villa of properties in Cingal In the company of a trained guide, to new-found time), in Cabourg, promises Across its villages, its old industrial guarantee you a trouble-free tour, you to bring back to life the Belle Époque - valleys, operations to liberate will discover the varying landscapes the early 20th century, when Marcel Normandy in 1944, but also its many of Caen la mer, for relaxed or athletic Proust began to write the first pages fine properties, a guide will take you walkers. From coast to country, take a of his famous work at the Grand Hôtel. on a commented tour of the history journey through this natural area, the This museum area will offer visitors of Cingal, a little corner of Normandy, history of sea-bathing, the marshes, a genuine journey through time, in nestling between Caen and the woodlands and country landscapes, the company of the illustrious author, picturesque Suisse Normande area. just a stone’s throw from the sea; or over a discovery of the seaside resort Excursion time: 2 hours 15 mins. why not go on a cultural tour of the and the Côte Fleurie coast during the Two stops for visits along the way, Sword Beach sector… let us be your emerging sea-bathing vogue that including the Canadian War Cemetery guide! Rate: €5. led to its development. Among the in Cintheaux. Rates: €115 / group. Contacts: museum areas - an interpretation Contact: Nathalie PETIT centre focusing on Cabourg and Suisse Normande Tourist Office TEL: 0033(0)2 31 27 14 10 seafront architecture, an immersive TEL: 0033(0)2 31 79 70 45 [email protected] room, a museum display area including Céline GIGUET temporary exhibitions, and a garden TEL 0033(0)2 31 27 97 58 of 1900s inspiration. Opening is [email protected] scheduled for March 2021. Contact: Roma LAMBERT - Town Council TEL: 0033 (0)2 31 28 88 86 [email protected] © Noovae © Loïc Durand © Les Conteurs - Caen la mer Tourisme 6 Les Franciscaines Cultural centre This cultural centre, built in the 19th century by nuns, will house a museum, an auditorium, temporary exhibitions, and reading and documentation areas organised around themes pertinent to the town of Deauville, such as horses, cinema, the performing arts, etc. The museum will be dedicated to the © Moatti-Rivière © Musée de Vire figurative artist André Hambourg, whilst highlighting his personal collection, including works exchanged with other artists: Marie Laurencin, Van Dongen… Opening scheduled in the spring of 2021. Rates (museum): adults €5 / school groups €3. Contact: Rachel BRAININ [email protected] © Liam O'Connor - Normandy Memorial Trust © Kévin Thibaud - Office de tourisme de Trouville-sur-Mer Vire Museum British Normandy Historic guided A three-level museum trail covering Memorial 'Seamen' tour 800m², of which 200m² are devoted This commemorative monument From the resort’s Viking origins to temporary exhibitions, are what erected in Ver-sur-Mer will to the fisherman’s trade, this await you upon the reopening of the be dedicated to the 22,000 amusing guided tour, punctuated Vire Museum. These museum areas Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and with anecdotal tales and staged will present a collection of objects, airmen, together with local civilian scenes offers walkers a delve furniture, costumes, paintings, victims, who fell on the Normandy into the history of the fishing port sculptures, photographs, period film beaches during the D-Day Landings. of Trouville-sur-Mer. All year by footage, etc. retracing the history of The chosen site is in a field appointment. Rates: €180 for a the town and surrounding area, from overlooking Gold Beach and offering group of 20, and €9 supplement ancient times to the present day, via clear views over the vestiges of the per extra participant. the post-war reconstruction period. artificial harbour in Arromanches. Contact: Reopening scheduled for the spring The foundation stone was laid in June Trouville-sur-Mer Tourist Office of 2021. 2019 on the occasion of the 75th TEL: 0033(0)2 31 14 60 79 anniversary of D-Day. Inauguration Contact: 0033(0)2 31 14 60 75 TEL: 0033(0)2 31 66 66 50 scheduled for the spring of 2021. © Les Conteurs - Caen la mer Tourisme 7 Hôtel B&B (Ouistreham) Opening scheduled for February Hotels 2021. Number of bedrooms: 67. You are Deauville Contact: Contact: TEL: 0033(0)2 31 28 80 00 Marie FLEURY 52 rooms and suites (doubles, triples [email protected] and quadruples) + 5 ‘Together’ TEL: 0033(0)8 92 23 36 62 (shared rooms with 8, 10 and 12 [email protected] beds).