WALKING & HIKING
DOLCE TEMPO
DAYS 1–3 Embark on a walking tour through Normandy’s idyllic bocage countryside • Enjoy a picnic lunch at a working cider farm • Following a path along the Aure River, arrive in beautiful Bayeux, the first French town to be liberated after D-Day • Experience the splendor of Normandy’s coast, with its rugged cliffs, rambling beaches and tranquil farm villages • Walk along evocative Omaha Beach on your own and with our local guide • High above the beach, the American Military Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer is laced with thousands of white marble crosses in honor of D-Day soldiers • Visit the shattered bunkers of the German stronghold Pointe du Hoc • Discover the village of Arromanches, famous for the artificial port constructed to aid in the D-Day Invasion • Taste farm-fresh cider, apple brandy and Pommeau de Normandie. » La Chenevière - Premiere DAYS 4–6 Revel in the luminous color of the Côte d’Emeraude (Emerald Coast) • Journey to the island monastery of Mont-St- Michel, one of Europe’s most hallowed pilgrimage destinations and a World Heritage site • Witness Europe’s most extreme tides in the bay of Mont-St-Michel • Pause in Cancale, the oyster capital of France • Meander through St-Malo, a fortified city with unparalleled sea views that was once notorious as a refuge for the king’s pirates. » Grand Hôtel Barrière Dinard - Premiere From Omaha Beach and D-Day memorials to St-Malo, mystical Mont-St-Michel and the windswept Emerald Coast. Walk it. Hike it. The history and landscape will transport you. France’s D-Day Beaches to St-Malo BRITTANY & NORMANDY g
FRANCE
Port en Bessin
Pointe du Hoc
Arromanches
Bayeux
English Channel
Caen
Emerald Coast
NORMANDY
Cancale
St-Malo
Dinard
Mont-St-Michel
BRITTANY
PARIS
Rennes
6 Days Activity Levels 1-3 Premiere Hotels $5,299 to $5,999 / person double occ. See web for date-specific pricing. Choose a Trip for • Couples, Friends & Solos shown here • Your Private Group o \ Search BNYW on backroads.com
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