Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Honfleur
St-Pierre-sur-
Dives
The market town
huddles round its huge,
sheltering church, all
that is left of the rich
Benedictine abbey that
once stood here
(see
p92)
. The monks
originally constructed
the town's venerable
market hall
(see p59)
.
Deauville
Pont-l'Évêque
Cabourg
0
Cormeilles
8
7
Clermont-en-Auge
Beuvron
-en-Auge
1
2
Lisieux
Saint-Pierre-
sur-Dives
3
6
5
Livarot
Vendeuvre
4
Vimoutiers
Camembert
Argentan
Château de
Vendeuvre
There's plenty to do here:
step back into the 18th
century in the elegant
château itself; visit the
museum of miniature
furniture
(see p53)
; or
wander in the delightful
“surprise” water gardens.
Château de
Crèvecour-en-Auge
A rare chance to look
inside a medieval lord's
moated, fortified Auge
manor. The former agri-
cultural buildings house a
museum of oil prospect-
ing, connected with the
Schlumberger Foundation.
Clermont-en-Auge
In the village, look
for St-Michel-de-Clermont,
a charming chapel offering
a fine panorama of the
Pays d'Auge and the
marshland beyond.
The Cider Route
If you like cider, you can
do no better than to
follow the signposted
Route du Cidre, linking
the Pays d'Auge's
principal cider-making
villages - such as
delightful Cambremer,
Bonnebosq and
Beuvron-en-Auge - by
pretty backroads. The
route also passes about
20 local producers
(recognizable by the sign
'Cru de Cambremer'),
who offer tours of their
cellars, and tastings
(see p94)
. Pick up a
“Tourist Routes” leaflet
at a tourist office.
Maison des
Calvados,
Cormeilles
At this distillery, you can
learn about the process
of making the cider
brandy Calvados - and, of
course, taste the results.
Beuvron-en-Auge
One of the loveliest,
and most popular villages
in the area
.
Charming
houses, each one striped
with old beams and
dripping with geraniums
(above)
, cluster around
the main square. There is
a fine manor house.
For recommended cafés and restaurants in Beuvron, Pont l'Evêque
and Lisieux
See p95
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