Posts Tagged ‘Cherbourg’

Barneville-Carteret beach Normandy

Cottage, Barneville-Carteret, Normandy

“A comfortable, bungalow-style gite at Barneville-Carteret on Normandy’s unspoilt western coast. Easy-to-get-to, it has 2 bedrooms sleeping up to 4 guests looking for a holiday amongst history, nature and good

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Chateau de Brecy, Normandy

“French Gardens Today” Horticultural Tours

Ron Toft talked to the woman so inspired by horticultural excellence across the Channel that she set up a successful tour business, French Gardens Today. Chateau de Bosmelet gardens Clare…

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The quay at St Vaast Normandy

Surprising St Vaast

A pleasant coastal location on the north-eastern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, not far from Barfleur, St-Vaast-la-Hougue is something between a village and a town – and it’s full of…

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Moules bouchots - Normandy

Moules de Bouchots – the Best in the World?

Normandy’s underwater cities Cookery and travel writer Annie Bell spills the beans on a French treat so delicious that she can’t resist handing it on a plate to our readers.…

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