We plan to spend a week in Normandy in July - mainly to visit Omaha and Utah beaches. We%26#39;ve found available accommodation in the villages mentioned but without local knowledge we have no idea which one to choose. It would be good to have a couple of bar/restaurant options but it%26#39;s more important that the village has a good authentic French feel to it. Does anybody have any opinions or should we be considering other options in the area instead?
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You will find virtually nothing at Vierville except your accommodation and a beach. Grandcamp Maisy is a reasonable sized town with bars and a few restaurants but none that are that brilliant. Port-en-Bessin is by far your best bet. We go there for the Sunday morning market whenever we have a free Sunday and the weather is reasonable. It%26#39;s a really buzzy little town with lots of restaurants and bars along the harbour and only a stone%26#39;s throw from Omaha. By far the best of the three to stay in.
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Thanks for your advice, Thiaumerie. It%26#39;s great to get a local opinion. Would Ste-Mere-Eglise be worth considering as an alternative? (My husband is interested in its history). We%26#39;ll have a car so could still drive to the beaches easily but does the town have as good an atmosphere as Port-en-Bessin?
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St Mere Eglise is certainly a nice little town, with one of the best of the D-Day museums in the Airoborne museum. However, it%26#39;s quite a long time since I%26#39;ve been there myself and I%26#39;ve never eaten there so can%26#39;t advise on bars and restaurants. Apart from the fact that we stopped there for breakfast about ten years ago after having got off the overnight ferry and after paying the bill for 4 coffees and 4 croissants and then converting it into sterling we gave it the nickname of %26quot;the town of the four quid croissant%26quot; because breakfast had been so expensive!
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We%26#39;ll make sure we%26#39;ve been to the bank before eating out there! Reckon we%26#39;ll stick with Port-en-Bessin and maybe we%26#39;ll bump into you at the fish market. Thanks again for the advice, Thiaumerie.
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