Mont-Saint-Michel
The Wonder of the West rising from its bay — go early for the abbey, stay late when the crowds leave, and walk the sandflats with a guide.
Google Maps →The Sanctuary, Normandie
Explore Normandy
Most guests come for the peace of the forest — and stay for everything Normandy has to offer. The region's great sights are all easy day trips, with a quiet garden to come home to.
The house sits on a quiet lane in the Sienne valley near Gavray-sur-Sienne, in the Manche department of Normandy. It feels wonderfully remote — yet the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, the coast and the D-Day beaches are all within an easy day's reach.
The D-Day landing beaches
Utah Beach, the museums and the American cemetery — a moving day out through the countryside.
Google Maps →Granville & the Chausey islands
A fortified old town, the Christian Dior museum and garden, and boats to the wild Chausey archipelago.
Google Maps →Bayeux & its tapestry
A thousand-year-old story told in wool and linen, a magnificent cathedral and one of Normandy's prettiest towns.
Google Maps →Avranches & the bay
The scriptorium of the Mont's medieval manuscripts and botanical gardens with a view across to the abbey.
Google Maps →Gavray & Villedieu markets
Local markets five minutes away — Gavray's produce stalls and Villedieu-les-Poêles, famous for its copper and cookware. Fill the fridge before you start cooking.
Google Maps →The Normandy countryside
Hedged lanes, cider farms, village markets and the Sienne valley — the quiet France visitors fall in love with.
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