Camping La Roseraie d'Omaha

Three World War II monuments are within easy reach of Camping La Roseraie d'Omaha, all within 10 minutes by car or, if you’re feeling active, 25 minutes by bike (handily, you can hire one on site if you haven’t got your own). First stop on the way to the coast is the Overlord Museum, which chronicles the landings using soldiers’ personal effects and reconstructions comprising more than 35 vehicles, tanks and guns. Close by, see more than 9,000 graves at the American Cemetery before then heading coastwards to Omaha beach and its D-Day Monument. Watersports like windsurfing, sailing, sea kayaking, paddleboarding and jetskiing are available from this stretch of coastline, which is also popular for sea fishing and brisk and highly scenic coastal wanders. If you’re after yet more spectacular vistas, countryside ambling options and wildlife watching, the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Natural Park is a short drive away. You could also head for more World War II history at Bayeux’s Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum and the British Cemetary, or for something depicting bloody wartime events from several hundred years earlier, to the town’s museum to goggle the world-famed Bayeux Tapestry.