B&B Grandes Portes Normandy, France

You are warmly welcome to our house in Normandy, France. You will be accommodated in one of the rooms of the old farm that we restored year after year. If you need information to visit the area, we will always be there to give you brochures or advice on the best sites to visit. We can also recommend some great restaurants, crêperies or pizzerias in the area. Welcome to Les Grandes Portes, our B&B in the heart of Normandy, France. Les Grandes Portes is an old farmhouse which we gradually restored in the neighbourhood of Valognes and Sainte Mère Eglise, in the Cotentin Peninsula. We hope that you will enjoy the warm and friendly atmosphere of our family run B&B. You will be accommodated in a room equipped with a Queen size bed, two chairs, and WiFi access. The room has an en-suite bathroom with a shower, a wash basin and toilets. If you travel with children, we will put an additional room at your disposal, which has direct access to the main room and which is equipped with two single beds. A folding baby's bed, which can be set either in the parents' room or in the children's room, is also available on request. During their stay, our guests should feel free to use the lounge in the mezzanine and its coffee and tea facilities. Breakfast is served in the dining-room. We propose orange juice, tea, coffee or chocolate, croissant and French baguette or other types of traditional bread, butter, home-made marmelade or jam, fruit, organic yoghurts and cereals, Our garden, with garden furniture, is at your disposal. Children can also use the garden toys (swing, slide, etc) but, at all times, under the supervision of their parents or guardians, as we cannot be held responsible for your children's safety. Do not hesitate to have a look at our other B&B listing in which we offer a spacious room for 2 or 3 adults (see B&B Les Grandes Portes, Normandy). You are ideally situated to visit the D-Day landing beaches (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword), museums and memorials and cemeteries of World War II. If you look for sandy beaches, you will enjoy a trip to Barneville, Carteret, Portbail, or Granville, on the West Coast of the Cotentin Peninsula. These small towns are also renowned for their weekly markets where you can buy local products, If you like the atmosphere of small fishing ports, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue are definitely on your itinerary! Fishery products are landed from the boats and some of them are immediately sold on the quay. History, architecture enthusiasts have many visits within a few miles to choose from: gothic and norman churches, cathedrals, castles and manors, Roman baths, etc. Many other places of interest or activities are within easy reach of our B&B (30 minutes to one hour by car): - Theme Park "La Cité de la Mer" in Cherbourg - ocean depths, guided tour in a real submarine, Titanic exhibition (30 minutes) - Ile de Tatihou, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (30 minutes) - Fierville windmill (30 minutes) - Colleville: American Second World War cemetery, next to Omaha Beach (45 minutes) - Bayeux : British Second World War cemetery, museum, Queen Matilda's tapestry, cathedral (45 minutes) - Caen: city of William the Conqueror, Caen has kept his castle and his two abbeys, remarkable archichectural heritage from the twelfth century. Caen is also famous for its museum, "Le Mémorial", dedicated to WW II and the Cold War. Quick access to the Cherbourg-Caen motorway (5 minutes) and to the Valognes railway station (max 10 minutes by car). Free car park in the front yard. Afin d'assurer la protection de nos hôtes face à la pandémie de Covid 19, nous mettons en place les mesures sanitaires suivantes : - nous nous engageons à recevoir une seule famille ou un seul groupe d'amis à la fois dans nos chambres d'hôtes ; cette famille ou ce groupe d'amis a la possibilité de réserver soit une seule chambre, soit nos deux chambres ; - à leur arrivée, nos hôtes sont assurés d'entrer dans une chambre et salle de bains privée qui sera restée inoccupée au moins une journée et une nuit complète avant leur arrivée ; - nous mettons également à la disposition de nos hôtes du gel hydroalcoolique, des lingettes nettoyantes et du papier essuie-tout dans chaque chambre et dans la salle du petit-déjeuner. - le petit-déjeuner est proposé soit dans la chambre, soit dans notre salle à manger dans laquelle nous respectons les mêmes règles sanitaires que dans les chambres elles-mêmes ; - à la fin du séjour, chambres et salles de bains utilisées par nos hôtes seront aérées et scrupuleusement nettoyées. Clés, poignées de porte, de tiroirs, de fenêtres, rampes d'escalier, électroménager, poubelles, douche, lavabo, WC seront systématiquement désinfectés et le linge (draps, serviettes, etc) sera lavé à 60 degrés sur un cycle d'au moins une heure. Les alèses imperméables jetables seront systématiquement enlevées et remplacées par des neuves. En cas de pénurie sur ce produit, nous laverons systématiquement les alèses tissu.