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- Granville commands stunning views of the Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel from its fortified headland. Enjoy this seaside resort’s lively fishing port, medieval Upper Town and museum dedicated to local celebrity Christian Dior, or catch a ferry or sailing boat from here out to the magical Chausey Islands, just 15km away.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Content. Is Granville worth a visit? 1. The Christian Dior Museum. 2. The Marité, a legendary sailing ship. 3. The Port of Granville. 4. The panorama from Pointe du Roc. 5. Explore the ramparts and Upper Town. 6. Grand’Porte with drawbridge. 7. Notre-Dame-du-Cap-Lihou church. 8. Cabins at Plage du Plat-Gousset. 9. La Plage du Hérel. 10.
- Accessing The High Town
- The Fortified High Town
- The Drawbridge
- Place Cambernon
- Rue Notre Dame and Rue Saint-Jean
- Place de l’isthme
- The Church
- La Maison Du Guet
- Zurich-Bazeilles Barracks
- Outside The Fortified Walls
The high town is built on a peninsula and you can access it on foot or by car. There are two parts to the high town. To the west at the tip of the peninsula is a mainly flat area with great views across the bay and along the coast. When you arrive at the roundabout at La Place Pleville in the lower town, take the rue du Port. This road goes along t...
English settlers arrived in 1439 and quickly started building work including the church and the ramparts to fortify the town. Many of the buildings are built of granite from the Chausey Islands. The islands lie 17 kilometres across the bay from Granville and can be seen on a clear day.
This was originally the only entrance into the old town. It’s called La Grand’Porte and is on la rue des Juifs. The drawbridge was built between 1580 – 1640. To the right of the drawbridge is the Museum of Art and History. However, the museum is currently closed due to extensive building work being undertaken. If you start your tour at the drawbrid...
This small square is at the heart of the high town and is the crossroads between the two main streets. You’ll find three pancake houses, a bar, a newsagents and a restaurant here. La Contramarche restaurant opened in January 2020 in a building that had previously been a fish market, a public library and an exhibition space. There are also a number ...
These are the two main streets in the high town and run parallel to one another. Many of the buildings here date from the 17th and 18th centuries. There’s a mix of tall, narrow town houses and grand mansions. Where you see a reference to hotel, this means a mansion or grand house. The architecture is fascinating and includes small dormer windows, m...
The eastern part of the fortified town is home to the Richard Anacréon Museum of Modern Art. You can visit their website for opening times and details of the hosted exhibitions.
At the opposite end of the fortified town in Granville is the church called Eglise Notre Dame du Cap Lihou. Building work on the nave was started by the English in 1439. The style was Roman although subsequent work was gothic in style. It was eventually completed in 1771 and the two very distinct halves can easily be seen from the inside. The churc...
Next to the church is an unusual house built into the fortified walls. It looks completely different depending on which angle you look at it from. Looking at it from the church, you can see three levels. The ground floor is stone and the two upper floors are a mix of half timbers and roof tiles. There is a tower or turret on either side of the hous...
The final important building within the confines of the rampart walls is the Zurich-Bazeilles barracks. The barracks were built between 1752 and 1760. You can find it on the north side of the peninsula near the church. Nowadays this rather grand building is a hostel for young workers. Occasionally art or photography exhibitions are held on the grou...
Just beyond the Zurich-Baseilles building are three more barracks. The second barracks to be built is immediately behind the first one. It was built in 1778 and has been converted in private apartments. Work on two further barracks started in 1876 and 1879. Other buildings in the high town in Granville include the former Corn Exchange, a college, a...
Granville is a resort on the Normandy coast, to the north of Mont-Saint-Michel and south of Coutances, on the coast to the south-west of the Cotentin peninsula. The location of Granville at the entrance to the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel makes it a popular destination with visitors to the region.
Once you’ve reached the top of Rue des Juifs, you’ll enjoy your first view to the south. This is your chance to look for Mont Saint-Michel… Which you won’t find! In fact, the famous monument is hidden just behind the Pointe de Carolles. And that’s one of the reasons why Granville exists…
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Aug 1, 2018 · Granville is really a nice town. The particular morphology of the peninsula has allowed us to build a fortified citadel that still survives today. It is an incredible place where a private house opens up in a wall tower. I loved strolling through the streets and I strongly suggest you spend a couple of hours in this hidden gem of Normandy
