Exploring the Normandy D-Day landing beaches by motorhome is something I have wanted to do for several years and when we eventually bought our motorhome I was excited about using it in this very historical area. It was surprisingly busy at the Bayeaux campsite when we arrived on a late Sunday afternoon in September, without booking.
All they could offer was a pitch without electricity, but that was fine. We had driven for about 4 hours from our previous overnight stop at Bourges. Bayeux was the first city to be liberated by the allies. The city was relatively undamaged by bombing because the Germans had fled before the assault started. Of course, Bayeux is also famous for its tapestry which tells the story of another famous battle that took place 1, years earlier near Hastings, England. William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy and the tapestry tells the story of how King Harold of England took the crown of England for himself, against the wishes of King Edward the Confessor.
Edward wanted William to be the next king of England so William invaded England and, of course, Harold got an arrow in the eye! Visiting the Bayeux tapestry was fascinating and well worth a visit. We stayed at the municipal campsite in Bayeux, which is located on the north side of the town on the D It took us about 25 minutes to walk in to the centre of Bayeux. The museum is a chronological presentation of the main events from 6th June , enriched with equipment and objects from the period.
There is a lot of information to take in and you would need to spend several hours there to read and look at everything. There is a good motorhome parking area at the Cinema , which is a short distance from the town. It was here that Anne tripped on the uneven payment and fell heavily on her knee.
This needed a hospital visit 2 days later as she was in considerable pain! Nothing broken thank goodness. There are several sections of artificial Mulberry harbour scattered around Arromanches and, of course, you can easily see sections of it in the sea, even after 74 years. More information about the artificial Mulberry harbours here. You can find this incredible line of 4, relatively intact, guns on the cliff top if you follow the D west from Arromanches. There is plenty of space to park a motorhome next to the tourism office and you can also park overnight in the car park or close to the cliff tops metres away.
