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If you are looking to rent in Normandy, look no further than Rent Villas France.
A history of power and influence is reflected in the rich Norman landscape. The region's buildings - half-timbered houses, grand abbeys and towering cathedrals - speak of the wealth which built them, while its fields flow with milk and honey.
A popular destination for those seeking to stay in a villa Normandy offers the chance to enjoy the best of the coast and countryside. Its coastline is world famous. From the wide expanses of the Baie Mont St Michel with its impressive island abbey, up the rugged Cotentin Peninsula to the sweeping Cote de Nacre, Cote Fleurie and chalky Cote d'Albatre around Dieppe, the beaches have played their part in history. A boat built in the pretty Cotentin port of Barfleur carried Duke William on his voyage to victory over England in 1066.
Nine hundred years later, Cote de Nacre beaches witnessed the D-Day landings, when Allied troops set out to liberate France and end the Second World War.
If you are staying at any of our Normandy cottages no visit would be complete without viewing what survives of these ventures; the Bayeux tapestry, war museums at Bayeux, Caen, St-Mere-Eglise, Avranches and Cherbourg and the war cemeteries.
For visitors to Normandy villas make an ideal base from which to explore the lush landscape of dairy herds and apple orchards where cattle graze the meadows to produce the creamy cheeses and butter for which Normandy is famous, while innumerable bees busy themselves pollinating the fruits which make cider and the apple brandy, Calvados, after which this region takes its name. Normandy holiday cottages are a great base for exploring the Pays d'Auge, with the picturesque village of Beuvron-en-Auge at its heart.
To the south-west lies the hilly Suisse Normande, a region popular for outdoor pursuits. From here, the River Orne flows northwards to Caen, favoured dwelling-place of William the Conqueror, a city much-damaged during the war but now restored and retaining some historic gems. |
