{"id":4577,"date":"2023-02-06T16:51:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camping.barfleur.fr\/?page_id=4577"},"modified":"2023-02-06T16:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:51:04","slug":"visit-the-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/camping.barfleur.fr\/en\/visit-the-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit the area"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Barfleur” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Located 500m from the campsite, the town of Barfleur invites you to discover its history (William the Conqueror, the Sainte-Catherine court, etc.), its patrimony (church, chapel, etc.) and its art and craft industry (pottery, etc.) through a discovery tour.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4273″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/camping.barfleur.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/plan-barfleur-scaled.jpg”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Gatteville lighthouse” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Located 3.5km from the campsite on the GR223, the Gatteville lighthouse is the second highest lighthouse in France and the third in Europe.<\/p>\n
It is 74.5 metres high. It has a range of 29 nautical miles.<\/p>\n
The lighthouse architects had fun installing a staircase with 365 steps, the number of calendar days in a year. There are also 52 windows. A reference to the number of weeks in a year. The staircase also has 12 landings which make up the months of a year.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4279″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/camping.barfleur.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lighthouse_of_Gatteville-7871.jpg”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Vauban’s fortifications” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Located 12km south of Barfleur, Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue has two monuments built on the plans of S\u00e9bastien le Prestre, the Marquis of Vauban in 1695. The construction of the two towers was supervised by his student Benjamin de Combes. They are 3 km apart and their firepower is crossed with the battery located near the sailors’ chapel to protect the port of Saint-Vaast from invasion following the Battle of La Hougue.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”10″][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”10″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4289″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/camping.barfleur.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/porte-aux-dames-la-hougue-cotentinunique.jpg”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4286″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/camping.barfleur.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fort-vauban.jpg”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”10″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Gosselin’s fine grocery shop” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Since 1889 in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, the Gosselin delicatessen has stayed loyal to its tradition of excellent products.<\/p>\n