Religious heritage · Seine-Maritime
1 Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen
The primatial cathedral of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Rouen is the town's most prestigious monument.
View full page →4 days in Normandy, from Rouen to Mont-Saint-Michel
Cathedral, chalk cliffs, artists' harbours, D-Day beaches and an abbey in the bay: Normandy is covered from east to west in four days.
Our day-by-day itinerary
The map shows the numbered stops in visiting order, with one colour per day. The line follows the roads where available; otherwise it joins the stops as the crow flies. Distances and times are approximate (by car, without traffic).
Day 1 — Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen to Les Falaises d'Etretat
Rouen and its cathedral, then the cliffs of Étretat on the Alabaster Coast.
Driving for the day: about 89.7 km, or 1 h 14 behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
↓ 89.7 km · about 1 h 14 by car to the next stop
Natural wonders · Seine-Maritime
2 Les Falaises d'Etretat
The cliffs of Étretat are an exceptional natural site where the spectacle of cliffs cut into arches, needles and pinnacles will take your breath away.
View full page →Day 2 — Honfleur to Les Falaises des Vaches Noires
Honfleur and its harbour, then the Vaches Noires cliffs, between Houlgate and Villers-sur-Mer.
Driving for the day: about 31.8 km, or 38 min behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
Towns & cities · Honfleur
3 Honfleur
A historic port on the Seine estuary, with its Vieux Bassin lined with tall half-timbered houses, a source of inspiration for the Impressionist painters.
View full page →↓ 31.8 km · about 38 min by car to the next stop
Natural wonders · Calvados
4 Les Falaises des Vaches Noires
The Vaches Noires in Normandy (Calvados, France) are cliffs made mainly of clays and glauconitic chalk.
View full page →Day 3 — La cathédrale de Bayeux to Musée Mémorial d'Omaha
Bayeux, its cathedral and its tapestry, then the Omaha memorial museum, devoted to the June 1944 landings.
Driving for the day: about 22.1 km, or 23 min behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
Religious heritage · Calvados
5 La cathédrale de Bayeux
Bayeux's Notre-Dame cathedral, dedicated in 1077 in the presence of William, was one of the most important Romanesque monuments.
View full page →↓ 0.9 km · about 2 min by car to the next stop
Museums · Calvados
Closed
6 Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux
The Bayeux Tapestry (Calvados) is a 70-metre-long embroidery made in the eleventh century.
View full page →↓ 21.3 km · about 21 min by car to the next stop
Museums · Calvados
7 Musée Mémorial d'Omaha
Presentation of a collection of military vehicles, weapons, costumes and insignia used by American and German soldiers during the Second World War.
View full page →Day 4 — L'Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel to L'Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel, as early as possible in the morning to avoid the crowds.
Castles · Manche
8 L'Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
On a rocky islet in the middle of immense sands subject to the coming and going of powerful tides, on the border between Normandy and Brittany, rise the "Wonder of the West", a Gothic Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel Saint Michael, and the village born in the shelter of its walls.
View full page →Practical tips
Sites are numbered in the recommended order. Distances are significant (allow about two hours' drive between Bayeux and the Mont): a car is almost essential.
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