Normandy (France) > Reviews > CAEN - Capital of Lower Normandy

Author's product rating:   

Value for Money	Excellent
Sightseeing	Good
Shopping	Good
Nightlife	Good
Ease of getting around	Excellent

Advantages:	Near to UK, Peaceful, nice people, tasty gastronomy, a prefect reason to learn french
Disadvantages:	Small, not many people speak french

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Caen is capital of Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie in french). Located in north-west of France in the département of Calvados. This small city is full of tranquility, mostly people are nice, this region is aslo famous for its dairy products such as tasty cheese & camembert and turing the disadvantage into advantage and learn french. You may make this as your main point and visit all of the normandy attractions from this place.

This city of William the conqueror's tourist attractions include "The castle (Château de Caen), Abbaye aux Hommes (Men's Abbey), Abbaye aux Dames (Women's Abbey), Town Hall". All these attractions could be done as a guided tour, the good thing is that there is no admission fees for any of the tourist attraction (with exceptions of some days / Time).

The Sunday market which is held every Sunday morning from 9am - 1pm in the town centre is a very big one. One may find fresh bakery, dairy and meat products. This market also offers variety of products at very descent price.

A very good transport system which consists of Tram and buses. The tickets could be bought from automatic machines or from their offices located in the town centre.

As for nigh life, the public transport runs till 1am and after that taxis are always available. There are many bars and discos which will definately interest you

I really liked the city, I hope you do as well.