Representative photograph: Apple orchard in Normandy. Photo: stanze from Eure, France, Normandie, · CC BY-SA 2.0
Day trip
Normandy Cider Route
Pays d'Auge orchards, cider and Calvados cellars, and a Camembert farm.
- Full day
- from Caen
- September to November (harvest), May (blossom)
Half-timbered farms, apple orchards and the cellars that turn them into cider and Calvados.
The hands-on moment
Pays d'Auge orchards, cider and Calvados cellars, and a Camembert farm.
The day
The full itinerary is being finalised with our host. Ask us for the details.
When to go
September to November (harvest), May (blossom)
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