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Port in Bessin
Located in the heart of Bessin port of the Bishops of Bayeux due to its history, Port en Bessin is home to La Maison des Evêques remains built following the construction of the first port of Port en Bessin at the end of the 15th early 16th century this building today restored houses cottages ideally located to shine on the landing beaches and in the hinterland. Port en Bessin is ideally located between Mont St Michel and Honfleur
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From port in Bessin we offer you remarkable sites of our region Bayeux, Mont st Michel, Honfleur, (Barfleur / ST Vaast la H ougue) and all the D DAY sites
D DAY D-day beaches
Port en Bessin was the landing oil port, ideally located at the center of operations, it was chosen for its location to supply the disembarked troops with fuel. located between the two autonomous ports of Arromanches and Omaha beach
Port en Bessin is the ideal position to visit all the sites of Operation Overloard
Each year the intercommunality commemorates and participates in the D DAY festival
ARROMANCHES 10 km
OMAHA BEACH 10 KM
STE MOTHER THE CHURCH 38 mn
COURSEULLES SUR MER 20 mn
Bayeux 10 KM or 7 min by car
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Bishopric seat since the fourth century and sub-prefecture of Calvados , Bayeux is famous for s a tapestry depicting the form of embroidery, the conquest of England by William the Conqueror , exposed to William the Conqueror Center and registered since 2007 in the Unesco Memory of the World register. Its cathedral, dedicated in 1077, burnt down and then rebuilt.
Capital of Bessin , located a few kilometers from the D-Day landing beaches , Bayeux was the first city that Operation Overlord liberated and one of the few in N ormandia to have remained intact after the battles of the Battle of Normandy , thus retaining a rich architectural and cultural heritage.
Mont Saint Michel at 150 KM or 1h 34 west of Port en Bessin
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The architecture of Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay make it the most visited tourist site in Normandy and one of the ten busiest in France first site after those of Île-de-France - almost two and a half million visitors each year.
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A statue of Saint Michael placed at the top of the abbey church rises to 157.10 meters above the shore. A major element, the abbey and its outbuildings are classified as historical monuments ; the island and the coastal strip of the bay are on the World Heritage List of UNESCO and the mill Moidrey .
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Honfleur located 120 km or 1h14 east of Port en Bessin
Known for its picturesque Vieux Bassin, characterized by its houses with facades covered with slate, and for having been repeatedly represented by artists, including Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Barthold Jongkind, forming the School of Honfleur which contributed to the emergence of the Impressionist movement. Alphonse Allais and Erik Satie were born there in the same street.
Barfleur located 115 km or 1h04 west of Port en Bessin on the eastern tip of Cotentin
The village of Barfleur, charged with a prestigious past, is honored to be classified among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France". He is currently the only one to have obtained this label in the Manche department. Four other Norman villages are also labeled: Beuvron-en-Auge (14), Le Bec-Hellouin (27), Lyons-la-Forêt (27), and Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei (61).
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St Vaast la H ougue located 100 km or 57 minutes west of Port en Bessin on the eastern tip of Cotentin
Despite its modesty, it has the particularity of presenting on its territory a major site of the work of Vauban: the observatory towers of Tatihou and La Hougue, inscribed in 2008 as a world heritage site as part of the serial property. "Vauban fortifications"
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is one of the towns and villages classified as "2 flowers" with the Villes et Villages Fleuris3 label.
The commune of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue was elected "Favorite village of the French 2019" during the program broadcast on France 3 on June 26, 2019.
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