From cider to battlefields to medieval towns to calvados, there is such a broad range of interesting things to do in Normandy ...

Nestled along the Seine River of northern France is a charming seaside town steeped in maritime traditions. This picturesque port town, Honfleur, is known for its stone and half-timbered houses and ...

Bayeux is home to the world’s most famous tapestry, which depicts the 1066 Norman conquest of England in 230 feet of intricately embroidered storytelling.A millennia-old proto-Saving Private ...

Since WWII, France’s windswept northern coast has been a place of pilgrimage. But not far from the somber beauty of the D-Day beaches lie a series of little towns where old-fashioned Gallic ...

AYEUX, France » There's a digital clock on display outside the visitors center in the charming Normandy town of Bayeux — but it doesn't tell the time. It's counting down the days until the 70th ...

In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, ... Shay, who now lives in Normandy, was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of ...