WHAT IS THERE TO SEE AND DO IN CHERBOURG?
If you have more than just a few hours to spend in Normandy, there are loads of things to do and see apart from shopping. Despite being a port, Cherbourg retains much character and charm and the Cherbourg peninsula is very appealing with a wonderful coastline. In Cherbourg itself, the old Transatlantic terminal has been converted into a sealife museum, La Cit de la Mer including Le Redoubtable, the worlds first nuclear powered submarine. Parts of the terminal itself could be from a Jeeves and Wooster set, still in their original state. The museum du Fort du Roule shows graphically how the town suffered after 1944 and is well worth a visit, although not easy to find. The east coast is flat and the fishing ports of Barfleur, from where William the conqueror set sail in 1066, and St-Vaast-la-Hougue, famous for its oyster beds, will delight you. Valognes is an interesting market town due south on the RN13 with a cider museum and some lovely old buildings, like the Htel de Beaumont. On the
