The Bayeux City Guides deal with the questions every visit here raises: which landing beaches belong together in one day so you are not seeing Normandy through a windscreen, where Norman cooking is actually cooked rather than defrosted for tour groups, how to reach the American Cemetery before it shuts, and what to do while the Tapestry is away in London until 2027. Each guide is a short, honest list that tells you why a place is worth it, what to order or look for and one useful tip, and it opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Bayeux City Guides
- 61 places
- 3 guides
- 6 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The three Bayeux guides
Food guide
20 places
Norman cooking and crêpes in Bayeux, three dinners worth booking ahead, oysters, scallops and fish along the landing coast from Courseulles to Grandcamp-Maisy, then the market, dairies, a cider farm and a cake shop.
Things to do guide
21 places
The cathedral, museums and war cemetery in Bayeux, a Mansart château in the countryside, then the D-Day sites sector by sector: Gold and Omaha, Utah and the airborne villages, Juno, Pegasus Bridge and Caen.
Day trips guide
20 places
The nearest landing beaches at Gold and Omaha, then Juno, Pegasus Bridge and Utah, and for a break from war history, Normandy’s harbours, abbeys and villages as far as Mont-Saint-Michel.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Le Moulin de la Galette
Rue de Nesmond, by the river Aure
Galettes and crêpes in a former watermill, with a terrace under a big tree right on the water, a few minutes’ walk out of the centre. Buckwheat galettes cost about €10 to €15, the Bayeux cider comes on draught, and French families keep every table busy. From the food guide.
Longues-sur-Mer battery
Longues-sur-Mer, 15 min north of Bayeux
Four concrete casemates in a field above the cliffs, and the only coastal battery in Normandy whose 150 mm guns are still in place, two of them marked by shellfire. You can walk right inside, and it costs nothing. From the things to do guide.
Juno Beach Centre
Courseulles-sur-Mer, 30 min by car or Nomad bus 74
Canada’s museum on the beach its soldiers landed on, with young Canadian guides on the staff. It tells the whole war from the Canadian side, not only 6 June. Entry is about €14, and the guided walk through the German bunkers on the sand costs a little more and earns it. From the beaches and day trips guide.
Plan your days in Bayeux
Day one: stay in Bayeux. Start with the cathedral, then visit the Battle of Normandy museum and the MAHB on one combined ticket and walk the rows of the Commonwealth war cemetery. Have a set lunch a street away from the busiest stretch of Rue Saint-Jean, spend a slow hour under the weeping beech in the botanic garden and finish with a booked dinner at La Rapière. Day two: drive the central beaches in one direction only. See the Mulberry harbour at Arromanches in the morning, then the original guns at Longues-sur-Mer, reach the American Cemetery at Colleville in the early afternoon, since it closes at 17:00, and end on the cratered cliff of Pointe du Hoc, with fish at Port-en-Bessin on the way back. For a rainy or slow day, take the train to Caen for half a day in the Mémorial de Caen, or drive out to Balleroy castle, then eat galettes by the river at Le Moulin de la Galette.
Questions about the Bayeux guides
What do the Bayeux City Guides include?
Three guides with 61 places in total: food, things to do, and beaches and day trips. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening times and one tip you can put to use.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Can I use the Bayeux guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline after that, ticks and notes included. Only opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Bayeux guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and all three together are €13.98.
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