Historical places to visit near our farm
Our farm is located within the
Omaha Beach area, close to the American War Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer.
For first time visitors to Calvados, the American Cemetery is a moving experience. Take time out at
the visitor centre and contemplate the beautiful Omaha Beach at
the Overlook.
Try to visit the cemetery early morning as the area gets crowded later in the day at peak season.
The cemetery is open from 9am to 6pm between 15 April and 15 September, and from 9am to 5pm between 16 September and 14 April.
Nearby is the
WN62 fortification, one of the many former German strongholds that
run along Omaha Beach. It is recognizable by its column upon which are engraved the names of American soldiers who fell in combat. Walk over to the casemate which acts as a memorial to the 5th Engineer Brigade.
There is a plan of where the defences of the WN62 stronghold were located. Site number 14 on the plan was that of Hein Severloh, a soldier armed with a MG42 who perpetrated a massacre within the allied troops on 6th June 1944.
Whenever I walk to this site, looking out towards the sea, I try to imagine how hard and terrible it must have been for the young American soldiers fighting in the open on this landing beach.
To find out more about the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach, you may visit 3 specialist museums :
- Big Red One Assault Musée at Colleville-sur-Mer
- Musée Mémorial d’Omaha Beach musee-memorial-omaha.com at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
- Musée D-Day d’Omaha at Vierville-sur-Mer.
Here follow more historic places of interest:
- The Pointe du Hoc, where heavy shelling has left enormous scars on this piece of land that juts out into the sea.
- The German artillery position at Longues-sur-Mer with its four imposing 150mm artillery pieces.
- The German cemetery at La Cambe
- Bayeux, capital of the Bessin region, will delight you with its magnificent cathedral and the famous Bayeux tapestry. Do not miss the “vieux Bayeux” circuit and discover the old town with its private mansions and half-timbered houses.
- All these places of interest lay within 20km of our farm.
- Fishing villages: Port en Bessin and Grandcamp-Maisy…
- Chateaux, (Balleroy, Colombières…) as well as manor houses, abbeys and priories, gardens…
Time will fly by so fast you’ll have to come back!
Some links to discover
You’ll be able to find our products on the region’s wide variety of fine tables, whether it be crêperies, brasseries, or gourmet restaurants.
Buy our ciders, apple and pear juices, Pommeau, Calvados at:
www.madeincalvados.com
