Qué ver en Normandía: 10 lugares, desde Omaha Beach
Esta ruta cuenta con el Cementerio Americano de Normandía en Francia, un solemne monumento situado en las colinas sobre la playa de Omaha. Dedicado en 1956, el cementerio honra a las tropas estadounidenses que murieron en Europa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial con 9.388 tumbas de mármol blanco. Un sitio histórico significativo que refleja el sacrificio de las fuerzas aliadas durante el desembarco del Día D.
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- Inicio
- Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy
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- Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy
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Paradas de la ruta
- Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy
Útil para el viaje
- Transporte
- Étretat is located about 3 hours drive from Paris.
- Consejo
- Fécamp is located just 20 minutes from Étretat and features a beach and lighthouse.
- Consejo
- Honfleur is located about 50 minutes from Étretat and features an Old Port with colorful townhouses built from the 16th to 18th centuries.
- Cuándo ir
- At Étretat, stay until sunset when the sun hits the cliffs with an orange glow for best views.
- Consejo
- Rouen features a clock made in 1389, one of the oldest mechanisms in France, still functioning after over 600 years.
- Consejo
- Normandy American Cemetery is located on hills above Omaha Beach and contains 9,388 white marble graves honoring American troops who died in WWII Europe.
- Consejo
- Pointe du Hoc is a cliff 35 meters high with numerous craters and bunkers from WWII attacks; troops used 30-meter rope ladders to scale the cliffs.
- Cuándo ir
- At Arromanches-les-Bains, visit during low tide to walk out to the remains of Mulberry artificial harbors on the beach.
- Consejo
- Gatteville Lighthouse is 75 meters high, the third tallest traditional lighthouse in the world, built in 1834. Entry costs a few euros for 365 stairs to the top.
- Transporte
- Mont Saint-Michel is on a tidal island; park in lots outside and take a shuttle or walk about 4 km to reach it.
- Consejo
- Mont Saint-Michel Abbey tour costs about €9 per person and takes 20 minutes to 1 hour to walk through with multiple lookout points.
- Cuándo ir
- At Mont Saint-Michel, observe how quickly water levels rise as the tide comes in, which was dangerous for medieval pilgrims.
Vídeo de esta ruta
Los 10 lugares principales para visitar en Normandía - Guía de viaje