The department of Manche face Channel Islands

First Department of wooded France, the Channel also offers many protected areas as the regional park of Normandie Maine. The length of its coastline allows it to offer more than twenty ports such as Chantereyne, Roubari, St Nicolas or Flemish, or Isles of the harbor of Sinope and of Regnéville.

Similarly the English Channel has a good forty nautical centers where you can practice most water sports like water skiing. It is also possible to learn about the ocean cruise and rent sailboats. If you are fond of old rigs you can meet members of associations who share your interest such as Hugg Strand in Granville.

You can browse the landscape characteristics of the Manche department with its 7800 km including 1000 km of hiking concerning bicycles and mountain bikes as the 3800 Tour of the Channel to make bicycle riding as well as the "Buckle Equestrian Valley Vire "or even walk in a caravan. The department offers great hiking circuits in the form of labeled Country Tours like the Tour of the Val de Saire or Crest Mortain or the Belvedere of Mont St Michel, the Heart of the Marais and the Footsteps of bell-founders. Are arranged paths medium and small rides like the Bog Gorges or just coast of the Bay Trail in Cotentin.

Random walks of your photograph and you can enjoy amazing views of the Rocks as Ham or Pointe d'Agon and of course the bay of Mont St Michel. You will be able to make the crossing with associations of guides such as "Sport Evasion" in Val St Pere. You also shoot your way towns and charming villages like St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte. The great castles and often hidden in the green setting of their parks abound and you'll come across the castles of Pirou, of Raval, Matignon, the Sémondière or those of Regnéville-sur-mer and Quinéville or ducal castle of Gavray.

Those who are sports fans and thrill rides than to go rock climbing on the rock that hangs from Cherbourg and its 17 tracks. You can also start the ULM or paragliding with Base ULM Dragey.

The Channel do not forget those of you who wish to increase their knowledge and offer a wide choice of museums of all kinds, you have to start all the museums, memories of World War II who number about 15 and deserve an account on their own. But you have less specific museums as "Automotive Miniature" at Fontenay-sur-mer, or "Village of the miniature 30 Years" in St Martin d'Aubigny or "In Search of Lost Time" in Bricquebec.

Apart from the splendid Abbey of Mont St Michel, which alone justifies the movement in the department, the Channel has other religious buildings of character as the cathedral of Coutances the church of Our Lady of St Lô, the Basilica of Trinity Cherbourg, not to mention the Church of the famous village of Ste Mere Eglise!

You will not fail to go at least one of the festivals of the region, such as "Charivarue" of Cherbourg. And your children how fun? You can take them to the zoo and landscaped Champrépus at Rock Bands of Granville, and of course they will be delighted if you take them to the path of tree climbing Cérences "Forest of the Elves" Torigni-sur-Vire "The pond Mayya," and that of St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte.

This is a great holiday ahead!