TOURISM
: MULTIPLE ASPECTS
Culture, relaxation and sports: Basse Normandie offers
the visitai many possibilities. The monumental régional
richness is mainly revealed in the religious architecture: sixty
Roman abbeys combining thé blondnessof proportions to
thé purity of fines. Some of them, such a Mondaye are
still) monasteries ; in Caen, the very well restored Abbaye aux
Dames shelters the Conseil Régional. The Bayeux, Coutances
and Sées cathedrals reflect Gothic refinement, whereas
the Mont Saint Michel gathers harmonious varie sources of inspiration.
As for profane architecture, thé Caen and Falaise fortresses,
the Bageroy, Carrouges or Fontaine Henry castres are the finest
jewel) of the Basse Normandie art. Musical, theatrical or folk évents
highlight this rich héritage ail yea long. As for sports,
you will have a large choice : riding, rambling fishing golf,
sailing.. Pleasure sailing is especially developped in Cou seulles,
Deauville, Granville, Ouistreham...
Health resorts and sea water therapy centers flourish. In the inlar part of the
country, Bagnole de l'Orne is thé 7th French spa reso and treats venous
ailments. Deauville is thé international meeting place for races, polo,
games and élégance. Every year September, its Amencan Film Festival
attracts in September particularly cosmopolitan crowd