scenic viewpoint
Pointe du Hoc
Cratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Normandy, France · Europe
Picauville is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Sainte-Mère-Église, 57km from D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514).
Picauville is a town located in Normandy, France. With a population of 2,023, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Picauville sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Picauville to your route.
Picauville (French pronunciation: [pikovil]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Amfreville, Cretteville, Gourbesville, Houtteville and Vindefontaine were merged into Picauville. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of LesRead more
Moitiers-en-Bauptois was merged into Picauville. The inhabitants are called Picauvillais. Picauville also has a 17th-century castle, classified as a historical landmark by the French government, called the Isle-Marie Castle. Parts of the structure date to the 11th century.
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Picauville is located in Normandy, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.3781 latitude, -1.4005 longitude.
Picauville has a population of approximately 2,023 people, making it a town in France.
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scenic viewpoint
Cratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
One of France's 'most beautiful villages', a granite fishing port on the Cotentin's rugged eastern shore.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
The most fiercely contested D-Day landing beach of June 6, 1944, now a solemn memorial site overlooking the English Channel.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Rows of white marble crosses above Omaha Beach honour the fallen of the 1944 Normandy landings.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
52 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.
52 km · about 60 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Wild granite cape at Normandy's northwest tip with a lonely lighthouse and crashing Atlantic seas.
55 km · about 65 min drive
coastal drive
The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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