If you go to France...

What to do

Chateau Villandry and GardensVillandryHighway A85 from Tours011-33-2-47-50-02-09www.chateauvillandry.comOpen 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $9.05; under age 18, $5.95.

Mont-Saint-Michel

Normandy

Highway N175 from Rennes011-33-2-33-89-80-00

Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Admission to abbey $8.34; under age 18 free.

The Bayeux Tapestry

William the Conqueror Center

13 Rue de Nesmond, Bayeux

011-33-2-31-51-25-50

An 11th-century narration of the Norman Conquest.

Open 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2-6 p.m. Admission $8.81, seniors $7.15, students $3.57.

Museum of the Battle of Normandy

Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

011-33-2-31-51-46-90

Open 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Admission $6.56, seniors $5.36, children $3.10.

Caen Peace Memorial Esplanade Eisenhower, Caen

011-33-2-31-06-06-44

Exhibits on the prewar background, the D-Day and Normandy campaign, the Cold War, and the meaning of peace. Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission $19.66, students and children under 18 $17.89, free to World War II veterans.

Omaha Beach

Colleville-sur-Mer, NormandyFrom Caen: Routes N13, D517, D514

Where to stay

Hotel Diderot4 Rue Buffon, Chinon

011-33-2-47-93-18-87

www.hoteldiderot.com

Rates from $77 double.

Hotel de la Digue

At Mont-Saint-Michel

011-33-2-33-60-14-02

www.ladigue.fr/anglais/hotel.htm

Rates from $78 double.

Hotel d'Argouges

21 Rue St. Patrice, Bayeux

011-33-2-31-92-88-86

E-mail: dargouges@aol.com

Rates from $77 double.

Where to eat

Gargantua

73 Rue Voltaire, Chinon

011-33-2-47-93-04-71

Regional specialties, $23-$46.L'Amaryllis 22 Rue St. Patrice, Bayeux011-33-2-31-22-47-94Seafood specialties, $14-$35.

Le Vigneron

18-20 Rue Pot de Fer, off Rue Mouffetard, Paris011-33-1-47-07-29-99Southwest France regional specialties, $22-$36.