You must find some time to visit the famous tapestry, the cathedral, and the commonwealth war museum, which are allocated in the Centre of the town, as well as the wonderfully preserved old part of the town. Being the allies head quarter soon after the landing, Bayeux has not been bombed and is extremely well preserved.

On small roads through the Bessin you arrive to the 9^th (restaured in the XVIII^th) century Abbey of Juaye Mondaye. While the country opens up as you get to Tilly-sur-Seulles you can stop at the British Cemetery near the village. The Drôme River at the village of Saint-Vaast-sur-Seulles will be the opportunity for a stopover before reaching the town of Villers-Bocage

Today you really "enter" the thick Norman Bocage; one of Normandy's postcard made of green pastures fenced by natural hedges. What the Maquis has been to the resistance in the south of France, the Bocage has been for the German during the battle of Normandy….giving the allies troops a real hard time! After crossing the Evèque Forest you reach the sharp Vire Valley where you can Bungy Jump at the Souleuvre Viaduc…..thrill guaranty! A green lane will take you from the village of La Graverie to the town of Vire. Fortified in the XII^th Henry the first of England it has been entirely flattened during the battle of Normandy!

South of the Vire River you get to an even deeper Bocage between the 3 counties of Lower Normandy. You ride up and down rolling hills, through green pastures and running rivers to discover the authentic rural Normandy! Out of Sourdeval you cycle in small woods and along little "canyons" to find pretty water falls at the confluence of the Cance and Cançon rivers. You finally arrive the small town of St-Hilaire du Harcouët. There is an American memorial dedicated to soldiers killed in Corea defending the base 314!

Head Westward today for the last stretch towards the Bay following the old train track coming from Paris.
The Sélune River will take you down to the old port of Ducey. Today surrounded by silt from the Bay, this pretty village has kept its old stone bridge and the Chateau of the Montgomery family.
Near the Sélune estuary, you might be lucky enough to see the tidal bore known here as the “Mascaret” which is caused by the strong tidal currents. On the way to Pontorson, "the town" of Mont-Saint-Michel, you ride through isolated farms and manors made of solid granite…..peaceful and tourist less!