Location: Manche < Normandy < France
Nearest Ferry:
Cherbourg at 30
Miles
Nearest Beach:
Portbail/ Denneville/Carteret at 5
Miles
Nearest Barpub:
Portbail at 5
Miles
Nearest Restaurant:
St Sauveur le Vicomte at 5
Miles
Car: recommended
The house is situated in a quiet rural area but within about 15 minutes drive from the seaside village of Portbail and the town of St Sauveur le Vicomte. At Portbail there are safe sandy beaches , sailing and windsurfing and a good selection of bars an reasonably priced restaurants. Further up the coast are Denneville and the resort of Barneville Carteret both of which have safe beaches and which are popular holiday destinations for French ,Dutch and German families.
There is a riding centre near the beach at Portbail. Shops and supermarkets are within easy reach both at Portbail, St Sauveur and La Haye du Puits. The property is within a one hour drive of the D Day landing beaches at Utah and Omaha and St Mere Eglise which was the first town in France to be liberated on D Day. Bayeux and Mont St Michel are about one and a half hours drive away.