Hambye Abbey:-
Hambye abbey is a Benedictine medieval
monastery located within a few miles of the farmhouse. It lies in the valley of Sienne in a
rural preserved environment. Today it is in
the territory of the municipality of Hambye.There are extensive bocage walks behind the abbey offering a unique perspective of the countryside and it's wildlife.
CAEN :-
Caen is the capital of northern France's Lower Normandy region. It's city centre features the Château de Caen, a circa-1060 castle built by William the Conqueror. It stands on a hill flanked by the Romanesque abbeys of Saint-Étienne and Sainte-Trinité, which date from the same period. The multimedia museum Le Mémorial is devoted to WWII and the Battle of Normandy.
French produce & Vintage markets abound in the area, as well as wonderful walks through the boccage, cycle rides, fly-fishing, Beaches, and various tourist attractions locally & within a short distance.
Manche, is proudly, a pesticide-free farming area. The area is particularly famous for it’s traditional restaurants specialising in Norman cuisine from locally-sourced , organic produce. Hambye Abbaye (5 miles) has guided tours of it's beautiful historical grounds and there is an award-winning restaurant conveniently situated nearby.
Within 20 minutes: Atlantic beaches & coastal path, Coutances (Jazz Festival & markets), St Lo (National Stud, city fortifications & market), Gavray (Foire St Luc).
Within 40 minutes: Granville (fish market, boat trips & chic shopping), Christian Dior house/museum, Lessay (historical abbey, fair, land-yachting & fishing). Villedieu Les Poeles (famed copper cookware & markets)
Within 1 hour: Mont St Michel, Caen, all D-day beaches & Memorial Museums, Bayeux, Carenten (karting) Normandy Tank Museum.
Within 75 mins: Cherbourg (Cite de la mer), Ste Mere Eglise, Tatihou Island & ferry (see trip advisor).
UK Travel: Ouistreham, Cherbourg ports are 75 mins drive & St Malo 90mins (Ferry discounts available).
Nearby Attractions:-
Le Bocage - for walkers!
Normandy is noted for it's bocage, a dense chequerboard of small fields, surrounded by thick hedges and earth banks, with narrow sunken lanes running between them...pivotal in assisting the allies onward movement after the D-Day landings, and today just a sheer delight for walkers.
Cherbourg:-
Cherbourg is a port town with a seafaring history that is second to none.One of the first places that the Titanic visited on its fateful journey and quickly liberated after the Normandy Landings, Cherbourg has a rich and often tragic past. Both events are marked in outstanding museums in the city, with a brilliant Titanic exhibition in the famous Citè de la Mer ('City of the Sea'), which is also home to the incredible La Redoubtable, the world's largest submarine open to visitors.
Cherbourg is dotted with restaurants and cafes in typically French style.
L'Auberge de l'Abbaye Restaurant:-
Within 5 minutes drive from the farmhouse and nestling in this picturesque setting of traditional Normandy, at the foot of the Abbey of Hambye and overlooking the Sienne, the Auberge d'Hambye is the ideal Restaurant to relax and recuperate after an invigorating walk through the bocage!
The new owners, M and Mme Lebehot, have kept up
it's renowned tradition of refined cuisine, all from local
produce, and with excellent service.
