Places to visit in Normandy, France
10 places to visit in Normandy, France, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Mont-Saint-Michel, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Normandy volume.
3 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 5 Famous places to visit · 2 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Normandy (3)
-
Mont-Saint-Michel
A rocky tidal island off the coast of Normandy, crowned by a Benedictine abbey. At high tide the sea surrounds it, at low tide the bay empties into sand flats, and a single narrow street climbs between old houses to the abbey church.
-
Omaha Beach
One of the five Allied landing beaches of 6 June 1944, a long sweep of sand below green bluffs on the Normandy coast. Today it is a quiet beach again, with memorials along the shore and the American cemetery on the bluff above.
-
Pointe du Hoc
A promontory with a 35-metre cliff overlooking the English Channel on the Normandy coast. Its grassy headland is still pitted with craters and broken concrete from the Second World War, and a granite memorial stands at the tip.
Famous places to visit in Normandy (5)
-
Bayeux Tapestry
An embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall, telling the story of the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Probably made in England in the decades after, it has its own museum in Bayeux.
-
Juno Beach
The landing beach of 6 June 1944 assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, stretching from Courseulles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer. A museum by the dunes at Courseulles tells the Canadian story of the landings.
-
Monet's House and Gardens
The house in Giverny where Claude Monet lived and painted for 43 years, with the gardens he spent years planting. Across the lane lies the water garden with its Japanese bridge and the lily pond he painted again and again.
-
Normandy American Cemetery
A Second World War cemetery on the bluff above Omaha Beach, honouring the American troops who died in the Normandy landings and the battle that followed. Rows of white marble headstones mark its 9,389 graves across 69.8 hectares.
-
Rouen Cathedral
The seat of the Archbishop of Rouen, built and rebuilt over more than eight centuries in styles from Early Gothic to Flamboyant and Renaissance. Its three towers are each in a different style, and Monet painted its façade more than thirty times in changing light.
Hidden gems in Normandy (2)
-
Mémorial de Caen
A museum and memorial devoted to the Second World War, the Battle for Caen and, more broadly, the history of the 20th century. Its theme is the fragility of peace, told in a spirit of reconciliation.
-
Porte d'Aval
A natural arch in the white chalk cliffs of Étretat, with a tall needle of rock standing in the sea beside it. Claude Monet painted these cliffs on the Normandy coast again and again.
Collecting in Normandy
What are the best places to visit in Normandy?
LOQAH lists 10 places in Normandy. The best known include Mont-Saint-Michel, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Bayeux Tapestry and Juno Beach. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Normandy?
10, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Normandy?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Normandy before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Normandy and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
More in France
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.