A glimpse at Brittany and Normandy

A one-week journey through coastline, medieval architecture, and gastronomic delights away from crowds in Olympic Paris.

Start of the journey, Part 1

As the most visited tourist country, France was created to give beauty and pleasure to locals and foreigners alike.

Short version of the route for Normandy and Britain

Driving out of Beauvais, you can see at first glance that the villages are a mix of well-preserved medieval houses, churches, and abundant flowers. We were lucky not to see any crowds, or traffic jams, and even the weather was great throughout the week, although it rained continuously in the region in the first half of summer.

Côte et Mer restaurant view, my privat picture

As an Instagram consumer, I planned the first night near the picturesque cliffs of Etretat. Hostels and hotels are pricey, mainly because Parisians flee the Olympic crowds and the French generally have the holiday seasons. Once I found a great private room in a local farmhouse with an abundant French homemade breakfast. You can find these hidden delights on this website, although the logistics are still outdated with invoices and transfers))), but it’s worth it. It seemed that the place, we stayed, was visited mostly by French people (others were not…