Ride.
Being a mere 3 hours from Calais, Normandy is a great place to travel to for a quick European ride filled with history and amazing scenery.
- Miles: 120
- Start: Etretat
- End: Omaha beach
- Time: 4 to 6 hours
- Suitability: all bikes and riders
Étretat – is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of Northwestern France.
Honfleur – is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from Le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The people that inhabit Honfleur are called Honfleurais.
It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted frequently by artists.
Bayeux – is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the first major town secured by the Allies during Operation Overlord after D-Day.
Arromanches-les-Bains – is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
Omaha Beach was one of five beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
At the top of the bluff overlooking Omaha near Colleville is the American cemetery.