Sainte-Mère-Eglise church

Normandy will forever be remembered in history as the site of the D-Day landings.

A mere 10 km from the campsite are two of the most symbolic sites of the 1944 landings :

Sainte-Mère Église, the famous town where the paratrooper John Steel got caught up on the church steeple, is still etched in the minds many.

EXCLUSIVELY: The airborne museum (see link below)

Sainte mère église museum

Welcome to the airborne museum.

Situated in the north of the Cotentin region, within 3000m² of parkland close to the church, this museum honours the legendary struggle of the brave american paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions that dropped from the skies of Sainte-Mère-Eglise during the night between the 5th and 6th of june 1944.

Take a look at exhibition on the airborne invasion of Normandy, which is full of remnants and photos from the era. The museums 3 buildings are a testament and a memorial to the soldiers who gave their lives for the freedom of future generations.

Visiting the Sainte Mère Eglise Airborne Museum is a moving experience, which will give you an idea of the harrowing experience the soldiers faced in and around Saint Mère Eglise and it's church. This memorial museum, dedicated to the lives of our liberators, is full of extraordinary accounts as well as personal memories of the experience.

kilometer 0 at Utah Beach

Utah Beach, one of the 5 landing beaches, and it's museum which shows and tells the story of the events of the Normandy landings.

Located on the exact spot where the american troops landing on 6th june 1994, the Utah Beach Museum recounts the logistical and military exploits of the operation that made the Madeleine beach so famous. Whilst some relics of the famous events are still visible on the beach to this day, the most precious among them have been conserved in the museum. It is built around a WW2 blockhaus, which was the first spot where Americans first secured french soil.

Visit a real submarine at the "City of the sea" in Cherbourg

35 mn from the campsite, set off on an adventure into the depths of the seas by visiting the "Cité de la mer". 

Built in what was previously the transatlantic port of Cherbourg, this museum recounts the tale of man and the high seas. The exhibition's main attraction is a tour of a real submarine.

Drift through the beautiful salt water marshes of the Cotentin abord the Barbey d'Aurevilly ll (a barge that can take 68 people on tours along the river).

Come and explore on of the most ecologically significant expanses of wetland in all of Europe, where horses and cattle graze among flocks of wild birds.

Tatihou island

Just off Saint-Vaast, 15 mn from le Cormoran, "Tatihou island" is a protected wildlife area that transforms into a peninsula at low tide.

The island is host to a bird reserve, a museum about the history of the island as well as its' fortifications, built by Admiral Vauban in the 17th century.