Gatteville Le Phare (Manche)

La Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg (15.2 miles)

The Cité de la Mer ("city of the sea") is a large museum devoted to scientific and historical aspects of maritime subjects. An impressive array of interactive exhibits on topics from scuba to sonar to sharks are both accessible to children and adults. The high point of the visit is a full audio-guided walking tour of "Le Redoubtable", a nuclear submarine. Read more...

D-Day Landing Beaches (30.1 miles)

On June 6,1944, over 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel from the United Kingdom to the beaches of Normandy, marking the beginning of the end of Nazi Europe. Read more...