David’s guidebook
Recommended restaurants nearby
Restaurants where we've enjoyed a meal, or which come recommended by friends ..
Our closest restaurant, although with restricted opening hours out of season. Friendly and cosy with an outdoor seating area.
Le Relais du Billot
16 D39Our closest restaurant, although with restricted opening hours out of season. Friendly and cosy with an outdoor seating area.
L'Ardoise Gourmande
1 Rue du Quatorze JuinHighly recommended by our visitors and local friends.
Vegetarian friendly pizza restaurant in Vimoutiers, very family friendly
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Le Binôme
3 Rue du Quatorze JuinVegetarian friendly pizza restaurant in Vimoutiers, very family friendly
Wonderful vegetarian restaurant, open during the summer months. You can eat in their beautiful, wildlife friendly gardens and enjoy healthy, home grown products
La Maison Du Vert
2 Le BourgWonderful vegetarian restaurant, open during the summer months. You can eat in their beautiful, wildlife friendly gardens and enjoy healthy, home grown products
Les Glycines
2 Rue Hubert LanielAll run by one man and very French in style! Must phone to book in advance
Places to Visit Locally
Places that we love and which our guests recommend
This offers something for everyone! We love visiting, but try to choose a nice sunny day! There are water surprise gardens which will delight the children, a lovely doll's house museum and the small chateau is delightful to look around. A must see..
Château de Vendœuvre
This offers something for everyone! We love visiting, but try to choose a nice sunny day! There are water surprise gardens which will delight the children, a lovely doll's house museum and the small chateau is delightful to look around. A must see..
The museum at Montormel gives visitors a fascinating and sometimes horrific account of events during World War 2 in this part of Normandy. Pegasus Bridge and the D-Day beaches are also well worth visiting. WW2 does not seem so long ago when you are in Normandy - even the writing you may spot on the exterior wall of our gite dates from that time, after the Allies blew up the bridge over the small River Monne, at the end of our garden. This was apparently added to give directions to Trun. We also occasionally find bullets in the garden and once an unexploded mortar bomb in the Monne!
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Mont-Ormel
The museum at Montormel gives visitors a fascinating and sometimes horrific account of events during World War 2 in this part of Normandy. Pegasus Bridge and the D-Day beaches are also well worth visiting. WW2 does not seem so long ago when you are in Normandy - even the writing you may spot on the exterior wall of our gite dates from that time, after the Allies blew up the bridge over the small River Monne, at the end of our garden. This was apparently added to give directions to Trun. We also occasionally find bullets in the garden and once an unexploded mortar bomb in the Monne!
Visit St Pierre sur Dives on a Monday morning for the best local market! Wonderful fresh fruit and vegetables and lots of local products. Lots of chickens, rabbits etc. also for sale!
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Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
Visit St Pierre sur Dives on a Monday morning for the best local market! Wonderful fresh fruit and vegetables and lots of local products. Lots of chickens, rabbits etc. also for sale!
Boulangerie Bonhomme
1 Rue de la RenaissanceLovely bread, cakes and pastries and a new sitting area
The home of the famous cheese! There is a cheese museum here and various places around where you can buy local products. Graindorge E Fromagerie in nearby Livarot offers tours around their cheese factory and of course you can buy their cheeses.
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Camembert
The home of the famous cheese! There is a cheese museum here and various places around where you can buy local products. Graindorge E Fromagerie in nearby Livarot offers tours around their cheese factory and of course you can buy their cheeses.
Lovely, prize-winning, home made Calvados and cider to sample and buy in a beautiful setting.
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La Galotière : Cidrerie - location saisonnière gîte week end (Normandie, Lisieux, Caen)
Lovely, prize-winning, home made Calvados and cider to sample and buy in a beautiful setting.
Very nice zoo, with animals kept well in large enclosures - Lisieux
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Dierentuin Cerza
D143Very nice zoo, with animals kept well in large enclosures - Lisieux
Absolutely lovely walk past a river tumbling over rocks in this wooded nature reserve - fascinating history too.
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La Brèche au Diable
Absolutely lovely walk past a river tumbling over rocks in this wooded nature reserve - fascinating history too.