How about spending your holidays in the Pays d'Auge in Normandy?
Deauville? Honfleur? Cabourg? Pont-L'Eveque? Lisieux capital of the Pays d'Auge, Livarot? Camembert?
You must know! Well did you know that all these cities are in Pays d'Auge ? The Pays Augeron extends mainly in Calvados but also in Orne and Eure.
You will discover a magnificent, authentic region, which will dazzle you with its varied, relaxing, splendid landscapes, just two hours by road from Paris.
You will appreciate its mild and temperate oceanic climate.
Between chic and upscale seaside resorts of The Flowery Coast and the interior, green and rural, the Pays d'Auge offers landscapes of great beauty: fine sandy beaches, cliffs, rivers, chalk plateaus, groves, pastures, large forests, orchards, immense plains and valleys. And also rivers and streams where it is good to fish or walk.
In this rich, authentic territory and gourmet which is full of wonders to discover, you will inevitably find the ideal place for a 100% change of scenery holiday and you will enjoy exceptional local products from a generous nature: apples, cider, Calvados, pears and perry and also renowned products from the breeding of famous Norman cows with a "quail" white, "blonde" brown or almost "brindle" black color whose rich milk gives us a wide variety of tasty cheeses: camembert, livarot, pont-l'évêque, for the best known and many others just as delicious, and, of course, fresh cream, butter and all milk-derived products.
You will also taste some famous charcuterie products such as white and black pudding, tripe, andouille, andouillette etc…. And since the sea is not far away, take the opportunity to taste all its delicious products: lobsters, lobsters, mussels, scallops, sole fish, turbot, ray, line bass, mackerel, etc.
On the countryside side, angling enthusiasts or not, you will taste the fish of the rivers full of fish: eels, trout, carp, brochets and salmon which will amaze you with their finesse.
In this land of French gastronomy, you will be able to taste, in the many local restaurants, the many recipes of salty and sweet Normandy specialties.
The Pays d'Auge is also a place for walks or trails, where you can walk or run to recharge your batteries in the large and deep forests of beech trees and sometimes thousand-year-old oaks.
Lovers of History and Culture will appreciate its typical villages in the heart of Normandy, its Longères farms, its thatched cottages and typical half-timbered houses. You can visit its many mansions and castles, its churches, its cathedrals, its exceptional heritage so rich in our history.
Land of equestrian tradition also, you can follow horse races at the hippodrome of Deauville or Lisieux. Orne is the world capital of horses, and all horse lovers can visit the Le Pin National Stud founded in 1715 by Colbert on the orders of Louis XIV. This establishment is considered the Versailles of the horse, symbol of French excellence in terms of breeding and dressage.
On the other hand, the stud hosts a prestigious saddlery school.
The Pays d'Auge, go there without hesitation, it is the destination for all lovers of authentic France and its terroir!
Discover our favorite Pays D'Auge campsite here.