Bénouville: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Pegasus Bridge was the first bridge to be liberated in 1944. At the foot of Pegasus Bridge in Bénouville is Café Gondrée. On 6 June 1944, it was the first house in France to be liberated, and it serves a homemade omelette.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Bénouville can include this in their travel plans.

Culture

Château de Bénouville was built from 1769 onwards according to plans by the architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and is classified as a historic monument. It is not open to the public. Around 1895, the choir of Notre-Dame Church in Bénouville was decorated with frescoes by the religious painter Louis Chifflet.

In the immediate vicinity of Bénouville is Château de Bénouville, a château. The area around Bénouville also includes Château de la Londe, a château, Château de Béneauville, a château, and Château de Lion-sur-Mer, a château.

History

The original Bénouville Bridge is on display in the grounds of the Memorial Pegasus Museum in Ranville.

Nature

The canal in Bénouville is 14 kilometres long and has been used by boats for 150 years.

The area around Bénouville includes Plage de Riva Bella, Sword Beach, Plage de Cabourg and Juno Beach; all four are beaches.

Bus route 22, formerly route 12, serves Bénouville in the direction of Caen or the sea.

More local pages: Épron, Saint-Pierre-Azif, Isigny-Sur-Mer, Saint-Germain-De-Livet, Mosles, Mézidon-Canon, Saint-Georges-En-Auge, Genneville.

For the higher-level travel overview: Calvados.