Bayeux

This small town in the small Calvados region or Normandy in northern France has a beautifully preserved medieval heart, with cobbled streets and half-timbered houses. Famed for the Bayeux Tapestry – a breath-taking piece of craftmanship dating from 11th Century and portraying the 1066 Norman invasion of England, Bayeux is also just 10km from the Normandy coastline, D-Day beaches, and poignant Memorials.