Start your adventure in an elegant seaside enclave popular with chic Parisians • In Normandy, connoisseurs of Calvados will delight in the scenic Cider Route • Ride dedicated bike paths along a coastline that inspired belle epoque artists, including novelist Marcel Proust and couturier Coco Chanel • Admire castles and manors perched atop green rolling hills • Pause in one of the enchanting Norman villages with half-timbered thatched-roof houses that line our route and have a glass of delicious Pommeau, a popular local aperitif • Discover the Norman countryside of picture-perfect Pays d'Auge and the coastal flowers of Côte Fleurie.

Ride across the Pegasus Bridge • Bike along the Côte de Nacre • Visit fascinating Arromanches, the D-Day beaches and the remains of Mulberry Harbor • Join a local historian for a private tour of Omaha Beach and the American Military Cemetery • Behold the German stronghold of Longues-sur-Mer • Stroll through the town of Bayeux, home to the epic 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry.

Explore the island monastery of World Heritage Mont-St-Michel, destination of a centuries-old pilgrimage and home to Europe's most dramatic tide change • Get to know riverfront Dinan, a medieval port town with half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets • Marvel at Breton architecture with its granite churches and centuries-old farmhouses • Follow the idyllic Rance River to Dinard, an exquisite vacation town overlooking the sea • Bike past riverside St-Suliac, another one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France • Taste fresh oysters from a waterfront market in Cancale, oyster capital of Brittany • Hit the ramparts at St-Malo, a fortified oceanside city with vistas of the Emerald Coast • Take a final ride on rural roads with expansive views over La Rance estuary.