V&P Posted January 13, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I would really appreciate some ideas of places to visit/excursions for a couple (us) who aren’t particularly fascinated with WWII history. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldBear Posted January 13, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Your ship likely has an excursion to Bayeux - and a thing to see there is the Bayeux Tapestry History, but not D Day history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sansterre Posted September 16 #3 Share Posted September 16 Thanks Old Bear. We remain open to any other suggestions too. We will be in Cherbourg April 2025. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted September 16 #4 Share Posted September 16 Most ships that are in Cherbourg for a full day offer excursions to Mont St Michel, on the Normandy / Brittany border. Google it - a very worthwhile place to visit for those who are fit (steep up-hill), but from Cherbourg it's a long & mainly boring 2-hour drive each-way, JB 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted September 17 #5 Share Posted September 17 I would just take the shuttle into the town centre. The old town is very pleasant to wander around with narrow streets, cafés, and interesting food shops. The is some sort of sea museum adjacent to the terminal, which is in the former railway station. And allow plenty of time to admire the Terminal, with its baggage hall with the most wonderful polished wooden floor. Worth going there just to see this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted September 17 #6 Share Posted September 17 1 hour ago, exlondoner said: I would just take the shuttle into the town centre. The old town is very pleasant to wander around with narrow streets, cafés, and interesting food shops. The is some sort of sea museum adjacent to the terminal, which is in the former railway station. And allow plenty of time to admire the Terminal, with its baggage hall with the most wonderful polished wooden floor. Worth going there just to see this. Yes, I'd forgotten about La Cite de la Mer.🙄 https://www.citedelamer.com/espaces/titanic-retour-cherbourg/ Right alongside the quay, it's a large "museum of the sea" but so much more. It includes an oceanarium, a selection of deep-sea diving vehicles, and a nuclear-powered submarine. Well worth 2 hours or more. Depending how far along the quay your ship berths you might disembark thro the original 100-year-old liner baggage hall with its long wooden floor & baggage carousel, seating and part- panelled walls. You can access the museum direct from the baggage hall. If you didn't see the classic art deco end wall of the baggage hall as you berthed, go outside at the seaward end of the museum (door by the cafe) to see it This is hardly "seeing France", but it makes for a very easy & interesting day. JB 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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