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Normandy/Brittany suggestions

We're going to Paris and Normandy/Brittany in late July/early August, and would like help with our Normandy/Brittany itinerary. We don't like to over schedule, so this is just a general plan.

Day 1 - Rouen - take train to from Paris (via Giverny) and spend the day wandering and visiting the sites.

Day 2 - Rouen - pick up rental car, drive to Honfleur and/or other sites along the coast, then back to Rouen Travel via the route of the Ancient Abbeys, or are there other interesting routes.

Day 3 - Bayeux -interesting stops on the way? We could do the route of The Ancient Abbeys this day.

Day 4 - Bayeux - take a guided all day tour of the D Day beaches.

Day 5 - - Mont St Michel. Stay over night at MSM. Since we don't want to get there till after 4 when the massive tours leave, any suggestions about places to stop between Bayeux and MSM?

Day 6 - St. Malo/Dinan - leave MSM before 11 am, drive to either town , explore the area, and spend the night.

Day 7- Drive to Rennes, return the car, and take the train to Paris. Leave for the States the following day.

Does this ordinary make sense? Thank you for your help.

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We pretty much did your entire itinerary (though in reverse) in April 2024! We left Bayeux, stopped at Beuvron-en-Auge, on to Honfleur for lunch stopped at an Abbey, then arriving in Rouen around 5pm.

I would maybe plan to do the abbey's on day 3 on your way to Bayeux.

Wonderful trip! enjoy!