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 artists including novelist Marcel Proust and couturier Coco Chanel • Admire castles and manors perched atop rolling green 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 de Normandie, 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 the Mulberry Harbours • Join a local historian for a private tour of Omaha Beach and the Normandy American Cemetery • Behold the German stronghold of Longues-sur-Mer • Stroll through the town of Bayeux, a historic city with a charming medieval center. 

Explore the island of UNESCO World Heritage site Mont-Saint-Michel, destination of a centuries-old pilgrimage and home to Europe’s most dramatic tidal change • 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 Saint-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 Saint-Malo, a fortified oceanside city with vistas of the Emerald Coast • Take a final ride on rural roads with expansive views over the Rance estuary.