Accommodation in Normandy.
Whether you are just in Normandy for a day or two or even longer, then these links to hotels may prove to be useful.
www.manoirhastings.com
An Historic Hotel situated near to Benouville and Pegasus Bridge.
Hotel Normandie in Ouistreham centre..
Other Regions of France
If you happen to be in the Burgundy region of Eastern France, then Patrick Bouillon the celebrated French Genealogist and Mayor of the Region would be very pleased to have you stay at his excellent B&B, so please contact;
Patrick BOUILLON -
Domaine Le Pré de la Serve – Chambes d’Hôtes et Table d’Hôte -
email : lepredelaserve@orange.fr / bouillon.patrick@wanadoo.fr
Web Sites :www.lepredelaserve-lugny-bourgogne.com
www.le-pre-de-la-serve.fr
Visiting North East France
If you are planning a trip to France via the Chunnel (or Dover)be sure to include a short trip to Ieper in Belgium, home to the Menin Gate Memorial, where at 20:00 every night you will experience a very moving ceremony where the last Post is played by up to eight Buglers. The memorial is engraved with the names of 45,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers of all ranks who were killed in the Ieper region but never found, and have no real grave.
HOTELS.
Ieper is a beautiful town and if you want to stay a night or two there is no better lace to eat and sleep but the
Hotel Regina which is run by Kris & Saskia, and the hotel is sited at 45 Grote Markt, just opposite the Museum 8900 Ieper. A very convenient place to be, and only a five minute walk from the Menin Gate.
No trip to north east France would be complete without visiting the site of the Great Tank Battle of 1917. The best way to do this is to check in at the Beatus Hotel in Cambrai, where you will receive very good food and comfortable beds. You will also to be able to talk to Phillipe Gorczynski who owns the hotel and who recovered the WW1 tank NO 51, 'D' Deborah in 1998.
He speaks English and has a wealth of information on the military history for that area.
The Tank is now installed in a beautiful Museum in Cambrai, into which Phillipe will pour hundreds of other WW1 artifacts which he has collected over the years. (see details and photo below)
The photograph of 'D' Deborah taken just after she was raised from her 71 year old hiding place.
About one hour after disembarking from the transport train, Deborah was engaged in the famous tank Battle at Flesquieres, near Cambrai, but unfortunately she was very quickly put out of action when she was hit by five 77mm anti-tank shells as she made her way to the Front line. The shell holes can be seen at the left front and centre.
The Germans buried her more than three metres underground, but nobody is quite sure why, other than for possible use as a bunker.
She was recovered in 1998 after a ten year search by Phillipe Gorczynski, owner of the Hotel Beatus at Cambrai.
For more details on this tank, visit Deborah's Painting in Gallery.
For further information on the The Cambrai Tank Battle click HERE
About one hour after disembarking from the transport train, Deborah was engaged in the famous tank Battle at Flesquieres, near Cambrai, but unfortunately she was very quickly put out of action when she was hit by five 77mm anti-tank shells as she made her way to the Front line. The shell holes can be seen at the left front and centre.
The Germans buried her more than three metres underground, but nobody is quite sure why, other than for possible use as a bunker.
She was recovered in 1998 after a ten year search by Phillipe Gorczynski, owner of the Hotel Beatus at Cambrai.
For more details on this tank, visit Deborah's Painting in Gallery.
For further information on the The Cambrai Tank Battle click HERE
