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Favorite thing: Caen's tourist office is across the street from the church of St-Pierre in the beautiful sixteenth-century Hôtel d'Escoville at 14 place St-Pierre (July & Aug Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 10am-1pm & 2-5pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 10am-1pm & 2-6pm, Sun 10am-1pm; tel 02.31.27.14.14, www.ville-caen.fr ). For details of forthcoming events, pick up a copy of their free weekly Caen Scope . The main post office is on place Gambetta (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-noon).
Written Jun 6, 2007
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Favorite thing: Also in Caen, like in Angers and in other French cities, you will see a lot of half-timbered houses like those you see here. One of them hosts the Musée de la Poste, which I didn't visit. I really like this kind of house.
Updated May 10, 2006
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Favorite thing: Start every morning with a butter or chocolate filled croissant from the Boulangerie on Rue St Pierre- easily the best in town!
Fondest memory: Seeing the chateau every day and having a glass of Bordeaux rouge in Cafe Le broc
Written Jul 15, 2004
Favorite thing: This sweet little home lies in the open spaces of the castle area.
Written Jan 20, 2006
Favorite thing: This is the nice panorama that you can enjoy from the hill of the castle.
Written Jan 20, 2006
Favorite thing: From Caen it is possible to visit a lot of remarkble places where the history happened.
Fondest memory: The Museum dedicated to June 6 1944 and the areas where the battles took place.
Written Sep 8, 2002
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Caen is served by the small port of Ouistreham, lying at the mouth of the Caen Canal where it meets the English Channel. A ferry service operates between Portsmouth in the United Kingdom and...
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Caen is the beautiful capital city of the Region Basse-Normandie and of the département of Calvados and deserves this role, since it has experienced all the joyful and sad events that touched the...
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The capital and largest city of Basse Normandie, Caen is a city shaped by war. Its name derives from the Celtic word for 'battlefield' and true to its name Caen has been invaded many times during its...
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You have to remember Caen was virtually destroyed in World War II so much has been rebuilt and much is new construction. There is an old center but not nearly as large as some other cities further...
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