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This is a walking video tour of the western French city of Cherbourg.
- 44 min
- 1877
- The Silent Wanderlust
Cherbourg Highlights. A MUST see before visiting!!! This video shares some highlights and history of Cherbourg and the importance this small city in Northern France has played over the...
- 5 min
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- Tall Man's Cruise Adventures
Dec 25, 2022 · We take a tour of Mont Saint-Michel Tour in Cherbourg, France.This was recorded in April 2022.
- 45 min
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- Port Monkeys
- La Cité de La Mer
- Rade de Cherbourg
- Musée Thomas-Henry
- Parc Emmanuel Liais
- Basilique Sainte-Trinité
- Musée de La Libération
- Batterie Du Roule
- Parc Du Château Des Ravalet
- Local Gardens
- Beaches
Cherbourg’s showpiece is this great science and history museum inside the harbour’s former Transatlantic maritime terminal. This 240-metre-long Art Deco hall was finished in 1928 and in its time was full of amenities including its own post office. The museum opened in 2002 and draws on its legacy. There’s a space devoted to the Titanic, which calle...
Anyone fascinated by seafaring will want to see more of the largest man-made harbour in the world. This was unveiled in 1853, after 70 years of work on a scale that outstripped any other project of the age apart from the construction St Petersburg. In July and August there are four tours a day aboard the 82-seater Adèle. This boat departs from the ...
Set in a purpose-built gallery, Cherbourg’s fine arts museum has a formidable assortment of painting from the 15th to the 19th century. The museum’s patron in the 19th century was the art patron Thomas Henry who donated a collection including Murillo, Jacob Jordaens, Rigaud, Poussin and Vouet. A young Jean-François Millet, later of the Barbizon Sch...
Emmanuel Liais was mayor of Cherbourg twice towards the end of his life, but before that he had dabbled in everything from exploration to astronomy and botany. During his travels through Brazil and the Far East he gathered specimens that he brought back to Cherbourg. Many of the 400 plant species in the greenhouses at this botanical garden descend ...
Among Cherbourg’s oldest buildings is this 15th-century church, which has seen a lot of conflict in its time. The church’s predecessor was destroyed in the 100 Years’ War, while this one needed a lot of reconstruction after being sacked during the Revolution. When it was restored at the beginning of the 19th century it became one of France’s first ...
Atop the Montagne du Roule, the highest point in the town, is a museum dealing with the liberation of Cherborug, which took place on 25 June 1944. The site, 117 metres above the Channel, adds a lot to the attraction: The museum is in a fortress from the rule of Napoleon III, built at a time of raised tensions between Britain and France, and later f...
The system of tunnels dug by the Germans under the fort are open to the public on a guided tour arranged by Cherbourg’s tourist office. You’ll don a hard hat with a headlamp and go into a network of chambers excavated to serve the heavy artillery installed here to defend the harbour. The battery was classed as a French historic monument in 1995, an...
On Cherbourg’s eastern outskirts is a delightful Renaissance property in picturesque grounds. The Château was built between 1562 and 1575 using an alluring blue schist for its material. This house is private, but does open its doors on French heritage days several times a year. The rest of the time it sets the scene for the gardens, which are open ...
Given the abundance of greenery on the Cotentin Peninsula you could spend a day hopping from one show garden to the next. Moments from Cherbourg is the Renaissance Château de Nacquevill, with an English-style garden landscaped in a little hollow with azaleas, arums and distant views of the sea. The Château de Vauville meanwhile has a botanical gard...
Cherbourg isn’t famed for its beaches, and a lot of the neighbouring coast is windswept and wild. But on hot days there are a few bays not far away. Querqueville on the west side of Cherbourg’s enormous harbour walls is the nearest family beach: This is a long sandy bay with playgrounds for youngsters, a bar and a restaurant. You have to go a littl...
Nov 10, 2023 · Welcome to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, a charming coastal town located in Normandy, France. As an expert geographer and meteorologist, I am thrilled to share with you the must-see attractions in this beautiful destination.
Jul 1, 2020 · Cherbourg is best known as a port town and the arrival point for cross-channel ferries from the UK. This great Channel port is closely linked to French naval history and the transatlantic adventures. The Titanic is said to have made its final stop here on its fateful journey.
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Apr 2, 2021 · Reading time: 4 minutes. Cherbourg, one of France’s great Channel ports, is closely linked to French naval history, and to transatlantic adventures – the Titanic even made its final stop here on its fateful journey, as recalled at the Cité de la Mer, one of the port town’s main tourist attractions.
