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Our beautiful NormandyCampsite near Omaha Beach and the Bessin
Five kilometres from Omaha Beach, in the heart of the Bessin in Calvados, an exceptional area to explore, from the 1944 D-Day beaches to Mont-Saint-Michel, by way of Bayeux, Arromanches and the Pointe du Hoc.
The village lies five kilometres from Omaha Beach, the D-Day beach of 6 June 1944, which was added, together with all the D-Day landing beaches, to the UNESCO World Heritage List on 26 July 2026. An ideal base for Omaha Beach, the Caen Memorial, Arromanches and all the historic sites of Normandy. Between chalk cliffs, fishing ports and seaside resorts, the whole region is just minutes from your cottage. Everything starts at the campsite: our campsite in Normandy, five stars in Port-en-Bessin.
Normandy on your doorstep
Everything is within reach
From the harbour at Port-en-Bessin to Mont-Saint-Michel, here is how far each stop is. Times are by car, outside the summer rush.
| Destination | Distance | Journey | Worth discovering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port-en-Bessin | 0 km | On site | Fishing port, fish market, Vauban tower, cliffs and coastal path. |
| Omaha Beach Golf Club | 2 km | 5 min | Twenty-seven holes, nine of them on the clifftop above the Channel. |
| Omaha Beach | 5 km | 10 min | The American beach of 6 June 1944 and its memorial. |
| Longues-sur-Mer | 6 km | 10 min | The only battery of the Atlantic Wall that still has its original guns. |
| Bayeux | 10 km | 12 min | The cathedral, the museums and the medieval centre. |
| Colleville-sur-Mer | 10 km | 15 min | The American Cemetery, its 9,388 graves and its visitor centre. |
| Arromanches-les-Bains | 10 km | 15 min | The Mulberry artificial harbour, the museum and the 360° cinema. |
| The Pointe du Hoc | 20 km | 25 min | The Rangers' cliff, its craters and its bunkers. |
| Caen | 40 km | 40 min | William the Conqueror's castle, abbeys and the Memorial. |
| Ouistreham | 45 km | 45 min | Major port, lighthouse and ferries to England. |
| Mont-Saint-Michel | 130 km | 1 h 45 | The abbey and its bay, the big excursion of the week. |
Ten Norman getaways
Port-en-Bessin
The leading fishing port in Calvados, at the bottom of the campsite lane: two harbour basins, the fish market, the Vauban tower and the cliff path.
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D-Day beaches
Omaha five kilometres away, Gold four: the campsite sits right where the American and British sectors of 6 June 1944 meet.
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The American Cemetery
Nine thousand three hundred and eighty-eight graves in rows above Omaha Beach, and a visitor centre that puts faces to the names.
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The Pointe du Hoc
Thirty metres of cliff, an untouched field of craters and the Rangers' bunkers: the most striking site of the D-Day landings.
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Longues-sur-Mer
The only battery of the Atlantic Wall to have kept its guns, ten minutes from the campsite. Free access, facing the sea.
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Arromanches-les-Bains
The Mulberry artificial harbour and its caissons still visible in the bay, the D-Day museum and the 360° cinema.
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Bayeux
The cathedral, the museums and the medieval centre of the first town to be liberated, ten minutes away by car.
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Omaha Beach Golf Club
Twenty-seven holes, nine of them on the clifftop above the Channel, five minutes from the campsite. Driving range and golf school on site.
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Caen
William's castle, the two abbeys and the Memorial: a day in the city forty minutes from the campsite.
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Mont-Saint-Michel
The abbey standing in its bay, an hour and forty-five minutes away: the big excursion of the week.
DiscoverFrom the D-Day beaches ten minutes away to the big day trips
Photo credits: besopha, Ibex73, Nitot, Cicero / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY / CC BY-SA).