• Donjon de Chambois
Cycling

August 44 Bike circuit

Difficulty level: Difficult

Departing from Cambois, this circuit will take you to the strategic sites of the Battle of Normandy in the Poche Falaise-Chambois. This 26-km circuit passes Chambois, Aubry-en-Exmes and Tournai-sur-Dives where the battle ended, then Moissy, Saint-Lambert sur Dives, Coudehard, to finish at the Memorial at Mont-Ormel. The Mont-Ormel memorial, not to be missed, provides a detailed understanding of this historical circuit, and the course of the battle.

Useful information

  • Departs from: GOUFFERN EN AUGE
  • Arrives at: CHAMBOIS
  • Car park: Chambois : parking du donjon, prendre la D.16 en direction de Vimoutiers

To see on the route

  • Circuit Août 44 : Dernière Bataille de Normandie, couloir de la mort Chambois : - Stèle relatant la jonction des Armées alliées en 1944 - Donjon XIIe Tournai sur Dives : - Cour de la capitulation (1944) St Lambert sur Dives : - Belvédère (route de Falaise) Montormel : - Mémorial de Montormel

Route open to activities

Cycling

  • Difficulty: Difficult