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Ivan Vautier has a Michelin star for his innovative take on Norman cooking: a millefeuille of andouille and Camembert, for example.

Don’t miss this wacky annual street festival, with acrobats, dancers and much more.

The lunchtime menu de terroir is a bargain at this snug, characterful inn, bristling with beams inside and out.

This delightful former presbytery has a convivial atmosphere and well-regarded food.

The art of beekeeping is explained at this lovely, isolated farm, whose shop sells wonderful honey and a huge variety of honey-based products.

From the 13th century, the town was an important centre of cloth-making. The lavishly decorated church, with its stunning south porch, reflects its wealth.

Built of a reddish stone called grison , this attractive church is noted for its plethora of saintly statues, mostly 16th-century.

With its elegant High Gothic west front, complete with graceful rose window, this collegiate church has the feel of a cathedral.

This delightful country town seems unconcerned about the tourist potential of its many fine old buildings, including the Vieux Manoir of 1563 in rue Grande.

If Normandy’s long coastline reaches a peak of loveliness between Cabourg and Honfleur, then so does the landscape behind it. This is the Pays d’Auge, quintessentially Norman countryside, rich in orchards and dairy produce, that stretches back from the Côte Fleurie and Côte de Grâce through the heart of the département of Calvados. Lisieux, famed for its connections with Ste Thérèse, is its principal town, and there are many old manors and pretty villages to explore besides – as well as cheese, cider and Calvados to taste and buy.