Granville in the Normandy, a climatic spa and seaside resort, lies in the southwest of the peninsula Cotentin. The life of this town is strongly connected with the sea. It does not surprise that a fishing port and a yacht port determine the urban features. In addition you find spacious sandy beaches outside the town. […]
Le Veritable Cherbourg – Umbrellas of Cherbourg
We have heard about the movie Les Parapluies de Cherbourg with Catherine Deneuve, which had moved Cherbourg into the limelight. We have also heard that there is an umbrella factory in Cherbourg, which can be visited (but with reservation). So we make our way to seek out. Soon we stand in front of a store, which […]
Le Redoutable – the first French nuclear submarine
The Redoutable was the first nuclear submarine of the French navy. She was commissioned in 1971 and decommissioned in 1991. The 16 ballistic nuclear missiles had an explosive force of 500KT at a range of 3100 km. Please watch the 4k UltraHD video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Youtube. To access the actual […]
La Cite de la Mer- Cherbourg
La Cite de la Mer – city of the sea – in Cherbourg-Octeville is a maritime museum with emphasis on the sub-water and deep-sea exploration. The museum opened 2002 in the transatlantic central station, the place where the last passengers of the Titanic embarked here for their last journey. The museum The museum is subdivided into […]
Cherbourg Harbor – The Pyramids of Cherbourg
Impressions of a Cherbourg Harbor Tour History King Louis XIV. decided to build a naval port in Cherbourg to better protect merchant shipping against the British. One began to build huge wooden boxes filled with stones, which were sunk. It turned out, however, that this method was doomed to fail because the wooden structures could not […]