A PRIVATE WEEK IN NORMANDY Stevie & Friends

Tour starts at the Chateau D'urou. Transfers from Paris are available (not included). Train is available from Paris Montparnasse Train Station to Argentan.

Your first evening is for you to settle and relax. The owner will give you an extended tour of the property that includes the horsefarm.

This evening, join us for a welcome cocktail followed by dinner.

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A lovely full day awaits you. You will first drive to the town of Lisieux where you will meet Chef Le Guillois who will show you one of the best local food market of the area. You will then head to his restaurant for a cooking class followed by a delicious luncheon. 

After lunch we will make a stop at Chateau de Boutemont, a place of peace and surrounded by beautiful French gardens where you will be able to relax and walk through the grounds. Return to Chateau d'Urou for a light dinner in the kitchen.

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Today you will drive to the beautiful town of Honfleur where you will have a short guided visit with a local guide and have some free time to roam around the museum of painter Eugene Boudin, and the old Basin. Lunch will be at leisure. On our way back we will stop at the Ferme Saint Simeon, a 5 star Norman Farm hotel for an afternoon luxurious tea time in their art filled salon. Once a refuge for impressionist painters, La Ferme Saint-Siméon is celebrated for its bucolic surroundings and beautiful Seine estuary light. Monet and Courbet would come here and work on their colours, and Baudelaire would flee the melancholy of Paris in search of inspiration. return to Chateau d'Urou for a light dinner.

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Today you will depart early from the Chateau D'Urou and will go to famous sights along the beaches of Normandie that include the German Battery of Longues sur Mer, Bayeux with free time for lunch, Omaha Beach, The American Cemetery and Arromanches where an artificial port was built for the landing.  Dinner will be served at Restaurant Table de Fernand.

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This Morning you will enjoy a beautiful drive to the village of Camembert where we will visit the  local museum and taste the famous cheese. We will then stop at the Mont Ormel Memorial for a visit to its very interesting museum that depicts the final battle of Normandy.

Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we will head to the Haras du Pin, the oldest National Stud Farm of France founded by Louis XIV. You will visit the stables and learn about its history and its different breed of horses. Return to Chateau D'Urou for some relaxing time.

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Enjoy a stop in the town of  Falaise where you will visit the Castle of William the Conqueror. Come and experience history at first hand. Discover the castle in virtual reality with the aid of a touchscreen tablet.
Falaise Castle is a solid stone fortress dating from around 1000. Built by the first Dukes of Normandy, it was enlarged after the conquest of England in 1066. In the 12th century, William’s descendants built two square, typically anglo-norman, keeps using the foundations of the original castle.
These buildings show the Dukes of Normandy at the height of their powers. They are most sophisticated of the Royal Dukes’ palace/keeps and best preserved of their fortresses in France.

 Discover the small village of Beuvron en Auge, one of the loveliest villages in the area where you will have a lovely lunch at an exclusive restaurant. After lunch you will drive through charming back roads and will make a stop at a local Calvados and cider distillery for an interesting visit and a tasting of their products., We will then return to Chateau D'Urou. Enjoy a farewell casual dinner in the Kitchen.

Meals B,L,D

Depart the Chateau in the morning for Paris. Please contact us for details and arrangements.