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Charming village, in border of Suisse Normande, across the river Orne
Market : Thursday
Shops :
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Baker's, chemist's, GPs,
Bank & automat
B. Place du marché :
Mini-market (M'barek grocery, magazines,...)
Bakery
2 butcher's,
florist,
bar-cafe,
restaurants
Hair dressing
Real Estate agent
C. route d'Argentan
Little Supermarket
Garage (MOT, gas station)
D. Café
hairdressing
E. Post office
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Rabodanges' lake
Water sking, fishing,
Boat "Val d'Orne : Walk on the Lake Rabodanges and menus on board
Fishing :
In the river (1st category open ) :
Trouts, Chevesnes, Gardon, Brême, Perche, Goujons, Ablettes
In the lake (2nd category - open all year) :
Carpes, silure, poisons blancs
Menil-Gondoin
"Alive and talking church" of the parish priest "Paysant"
Monuments
| Eglise de Pont-Ecrépin |
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| Chateau de Rabodanges |
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| Manoir de Ste-Croix |
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Sports
Horseriding (Les Rotours)
Canoein & kayaking (Putanges, Giel, Orne's valley)
Hiking (Putanges,...)
Tree climbing (La Roche d'Oetre, Bagnoles de l'Orne)
Pedal-powered rail-biking : VELO-RAIL DE PONT-ERAMBOURG (14110 Saint Denis de Méré )
Paragliding, rock climbing : Clécy
Swiming pool, toboggan, fitness center : FALAISE ("centre aquatique")
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A voir : |
| Historic sites of the Battle of Normandy, War cemeteries, D-Day beaches
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Many gourmet stopovers in Normandy (Cider, farms, Calvados, cakes, camembert and other cheeses, black pudding, guts, ...)
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Lots of fairs and Car Boot Sales, arts and crafts,...
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Other tows and villages :
| 20 mi | Pont d'Ouilly (kayaking in Orne)
| | 40' | Clécy : Pedal boats, electric boats, Miniature railway's museum
| | 10 mi | Falaise : Its busy market on Saturday mornings, the medieval castle of William the Conqueror, automatons' museum,
August 44-Battle of Falaise's museum
| | 18 mi | Bagnoles de l'Orne, spa town, Casino, pedal boats, horse racing, concerts
| | 1h | Normandy's beaches of Deauville, Cabourg, Trouville, and the "côte de nacre" : Courseulles-sur-Mer, Lion-sur-Mer,Ouistreham
| | < 30' | Carrouges: Castle, maison du Parc naturel régional de Normandie-Maine
| | 20 mi | Haras du Pin: Le Pin National Stud “Versailles for Horses”, animations
| | 30 mi | Lonlay L'Abbaye: Visit of biscuit factory
| | 10 mi | La Roche d'Oëtre (prestigious lookouts in the west of France)
| | 15 ' | Briouze : Calves market on mondays 11am
| | 1 h | Saint-Fraimbault : famous flowery village in the Normandy-Maine national park,
| | 25 mi | Domfront
| | 3/4 h | Tinchebray
| | 35 mi | Vire's Valley
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The bocage countryside, houses made of granite, Andaine's forest, marsh of Grand Hazé (environmentalist visit)
| | 50' | Caen : Museums, castle, shopping in pedestrianized streets,...
| | 1 h | Alencon : Point d'Alençon lace's museum
| | 2 h | Cherbourg,Cotentin, and the Channel Islands
| | 77 mi | Le Mont-Saint-Michel
| | 130 mi | Paris & Versailles
| | 2 h | Etretat
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