La Manche: the sunny Côte des Isles
Sun Sea Beach. You will find this on the Côte des Isles, the western coastal region of the Normandy peninsula of La Manche. With the added bonus: the Channel Islands, an hour's boat ride away. A perfect destination for a wonderful camping holiday.
The Côte des Isles is ideal for a nice summer cycling holiday, including a trip to the island of Jersey. It is wonderful to follow the coastline from Blainville-sur-mer towards Portbail. Along the way you will pass Pirou Castle, the oldest castle in Normandy. The route is comfortably flat and you pass through typical French villages with stone houses, decorated with cheerful white shutters.
In Lessay you cycle along the Voie Verte, a cycling and walking path where there was once a railway line - a beautiful route full of views up to Portbail, where the tide almost floods the sandy path along the inland lake. For lunch you can eat delicious 'Fruits de Mer' here, for example at the restaurant 'Aux XIII Arches'. Or oysters, because the bay of Mont St. Michel is bursting with oyster farms.
Day trip to the island of Jersey
After a few relaxing days at one of the campsites, this is highly recommended: by ferry to the island of Jersey, by bicycle. A nice route is to the lighthouse of Corbière. Here too, an old railway line has been transformed into a cycling and walking path, the Corbière Walk. Along the way you will see pine trees, yuccas and other tropical plants that contribute to the Mediterranean atmosphere on the island. At low tide you can see from the lighthouse how the rocks protrude from the seabed - no wonder that boats occasionally get stuck here.
You then cycle via the Route des Champs to St. Brelade's Bay where you can enjoy a wonderful walk on a beautiful sandy path along high rocks. Once back on the French mainland, you can also visit Granville: the old part of the city is a small peninsula surrounded by the sea, with a red and white lighthouse as a beacon. This is a real cycling paradise!
Tips on the Côte des Isles
You must do it
By ferry to the island of Jersey, a subtropical part of England off the French coast. Bring your bikes!
Look at that
Oysters thrive here due to the enormous tidal range. The distance between high and low tide can be up to 10 kilometers!
You must try
In Bricqueville-sur-mer you will discover the Havre de la Vanlée, which dries up at low tide and floods again at high tide: a special spectacle.
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