Granville

"Granville. Seaside town. With the Cathedral, above everything and everyone, which dominates the houses and city streets from above. With the port, the boats docked at the pier, the fishermen's nets. With the scent of salt and the wind that blows at every hour of the day. With silence broken only by the sound of seagulls and the waves crashing on the shore. With the sea, the more you look at it, the more you think about freedom. About 2 hours by car from Honfleur and Pont-L'Eveque you can find Granville, a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay, at the end of the Côte des Havres. It is a former cod-fishing port and the first shellfish port of France. It is sometimes nicknamed "Monaco of the North" by virtue of its location on a rocky promontory. The port of Granville dates back to the 16th century and includes boating activities, fishing, commercial and passenger traffic. For entertainment, the city offers an independent casino, four museums, an aquarium, a rich architectural and environmental heritage, four beaches, and four Wi-Fi access points. Granville is renowned for its marine products, including Granvillaise galette with scallops sprinkled with cream, sea bream in salt crust with virgin sauce (mussels, shrimps, sea snails and whelks), and the Granvillaise sole accompanied with mussels and prawns. A speciality of the island quarter of Chausey is also linked: The green sauce of Chausey. On Saturday, a market is held in the town centre to purchase local produce. To sleep you can book at Hotel Des Mains, just next to the Casino, and if you are lucky they'll give you a room with a view of the bay. From just outside the casino there is a climb that reaches the top of a promontory where you can have a beautiful view of the city. "