Rental CHALET Merville Franceville Plage : 

Fancy a holiday in the great outdoors? Huge expanses of sand, generous nature and tranquillity? Welcome to Merville-Franceville-Plage! Between sea, beaches, marshes, pastures and forests, this Normandy seaside resort has all the cards in hand to seduce families looking for holidays by the sea.

In the department of Calvados, Merville-Franceville-Plage is one of the star seaside resorts of the Côte Fleurie. Between Cabourg and Sword Beach, on the right bank of the Bay of the Orne, this wild destination is made up of a mosaic of brightly coloured panoramas, mixing dunes, beaches and marshes, where onlookers love to linger. If ideas for land outings are legion, it is indeed sea outings that make visitors passing through Merville-Franceville-Plage fall in love with. Aboard a small motor boat, a catamaran or a shuttle, you will discover all the beauty of the beaches of this beautiful corner of France, as captivating for the gentleness of their panoramas as for their historical side. Bathed by the gentle scent of its sea air, Merville-Franceville-Plage is 7 kilometres of fine sandy beaches, perfect for both quiet strolls and water sports activities. In addition to swimming, you can opt for galloping sessions on the beach, kite-surfing in the shelter of the resort's thick dunes, coastal cruising, canoe or kayak rides, dinghy rides, boat, windsurfing or Hawaiian pirogue excursions, in short, a whole host of activities according to your desires and your budget.

If you prefer land-based sports to marine activities, you'll find a vast network of bicycle paths both on the waterfront and across the land. Starting point of the "Route des Marais" and more than a hundred kilometres of hiking, horseback riding and cycling trails, Merville-Franceville-Plage is a real little paradise for all walking enthusiasts. Sunday hikers and regular walkers can enjoy bucolic walks in the Gros Banc Ornithological Reserve, which covers more than 1000 hectares, but also along the banks of the Orne, towards Ouistreham and its marina, the Atlantic Wall to the west, or Cabourg and Houlgate to the east. Marked by history and in particular by the Second World War, Merville-Franceville-Plage has many testimonies of its past, which you can discover at the Merville Redoubt, the bunker and the blockhouses located near the beach of La Redoute.

Finally, after stopping at one of the many restaurants of the seaside resort to taste Norman sole, seafood, bouchot mussels, Norman pancakes and other apple pies, take the opportunity to discover Houlgate, Cabourg and its elegant casino, its golf course, without forgetting the nearby D-Day landing beaches of Sword Beach, Juno Beach, Gold Beach, Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. Fascinating, captivating and historic, they attract many visitors every year, a must do during your stay for a plunge into history, with a "capital H".