Cherbourg

Cherbourg is a town in Lower Normandy, France.

Getting There
Car

Cherbourg is easily accessible from Normandy and the rest of France and is around 6 h from Paris and around 11 h from Bordeaux.

Train

Cherbourg can be reached from Paris St Lazare on a direct train, otherwise there are services to Brittany and to (sometimes) the southwest of France.

Getting Around

A decent enough network of buses runs round the town, but everything can be reached by foot

Sights
  • The docks where the Titanic made one of its last stops before sinking. This is right next to the ferry terminals.
  • The Cité de la Mer is an aquarium situated in the restored trans-Atlantic railway terminal in Cherbourg. Visitors can explore an ocean diving area and a former French Army submarine. The monument was built in 1933 and the museum was opened in 2002.
Hotels & Accommodation
  • There is a campsite to the east of the town and is signposted from the Ferry Terminal.
Getting By
Consulates
  • Cherbourg Greece, 104 Rue Emmanuel Liais, B.P. 629, ☎ +33 233-100-202 (fax: +33 233-100-203).
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  • Take the route of the invasion to the east. You'll pass musea and a whole lotte stuff of world war II  Michel T.
  • Bufffalo Grill great food on the outskirts of Chergbourg steakhouse  Louise D.
  • Very nice is Cité de la mer, fantastic museum of sea and everything what is connected with that...  Jan P.
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