Author: BLB Tourisme

Discover the story of Lorient, a Town of Art and History… …with a guide appointed by the ministry of culture and communication. The guide welcomes you. He/she knows all the facets of Lorient and provides the key details of each place, so that you can better understand the development of the city and its districts.…

A Destination Management Company is defined by the Association of Destination Management Executives as “a professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge, expertise and ressources, specializing in the design and full implementation of events, activities, tours, transportation and programmes logistics.” If required, a DMC can make reservations for villas, resorts, hotels, provide travel management, guides…

Normandy : where the landscapes were sculpted by the sea and History Mont-Saint-Michel, Cherbourg and the Cotentin, Rouen, Giverny, Etretat, Calvados, Honfleur, D-Day Landings, Tapestry of Bayeux, Lisieux and so on ! Discover our tours through Normandy : – The “Impressionist stay” leads you to the original sites that inspired Monet and his friends. – An…

THE INITIATIVE TO LIST THE NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE Insérer logo Unesco World Heritage Insérer photo plage (Omaha Beach) Citer la source : http://liberte-normandie.com/index.php/fr/ The objectives of this initiative are to: Objective n°1 : Gain recognition for the values embodied by this remembrance site: liberty, democracy, peace, reconciliation Objective n°2 : Consolidate the preservation of this…

Stopping just one day on a cruise call, in Cherbourg or Honfleur ? TRAVEL AGENCY “BLB TOURISME” Cruise Department provides all the services you need: a wide range of classical and original shore excursions, tailor-made tours, creative thematic trails, or exciting walking experiences as well as suitable transfers or turnarounds. AMERICAN CEMETERY & OMAHA BEACH…

What is remembrance tourism?  Insérer photo Mémorial de Caen Also called Heritage tourism, “Remembrance tourism focuses on emblematic historic sites, particularly those of major conflicts.” (Deperne, 2006).  Remembrance tourism is a testimony of a people’s history.  It aims at recalling those moments we would rather forget, but that we must not, in order to retain…

Normandy has a very rich tourist offer. Video :”Love the land, live the life” (CRT Normandie) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNZoCNO_9HQ With its 350 miles of coastline and richly varied regions, Normandy gives the visitor a wonderful choice of landscapes, scenery and culture : the stunning beauty of the cliffs at Etretat or the long sandy beaches, steeped in history,…

It’s a German battery constituted by 180 reinforced concrete elements hidden by the dunes. It was built during World War II as part of the Atlantic Wall. The aim of this fortification was to protect Lorient’s harbor and the German submarines established at Lorient. The construction of this site began in 1941 and lasted 2…

Lorient had a strategic role in the Battle of Atlantic during World War II. From 1940, Admiral Dönitz, Commander-in-Chief of the navy decided to base some German submarines in French ports including Lorient. In June 1940, 1500 workers took part in the construction of a submarine base in the southern part of the town in…

In order to ensure the success of the landing in Normandy, it was very important to slow down the coming of German reinforcements in Norman beaches. 10 000 German were present in Brittany. Geographic situation of Brittany is ideal thanks to the proximity with England and allowed the repatriation of French and English forces across…