Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bayeux, France

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 2.4 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 36 m

Explore Bayeux in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BayeuxIndividual Sights in Bayeux

Sight 1: Hôtel du Doyen

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The Dean hotel is a former Bayeux mansion, used as an episcopal palace by the bishops of Bayeux, then Bayeux and Lisieux during the Condordat.

Wikipedia: Hôtel du Doyen (FR)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Maison du Gouverneur

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The Hôtel du Gouverneur, also known as the Maison du Gouverneur, is a monument located in the centre of Bayeux, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel du Gouverneur (Bayeux) (FR)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Maison d'Adam et Eve

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The House of Adam and Eve is a house in the city center of Bayeux, in the Calvados department of Normandy.

Wikipedia: Maison d'Adam et Ève (Bayeux) (FR)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

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Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument, it is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux and was probably the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry, still preserved nearby. The cathedral is in the Norman-Romanesque architectural tradition.

Wikipedia: Bayeux Cathedral (EN)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Baron Gérard

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The Baron-Gérard (MAHB) Museum of Art and History (MAHB), which benefits from the Appellation Musée de France, is located in Bayeux in Normandy.

Wikipedia: Musée Baron Gérard (FR), Website

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Ancien palais épiscopal, actuellement Hôtel de ville

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The Episcopal Palace of Bayeux or Palace of the Bishopric of Bayeux is a former episcopal palace that stands on the territory of the commune of Bayeux, in the department of Calvados, in the Normandy region. It is not to be confused with the Dean's Mansion, which was used as an episcopal palace during the Concordat.

Wikipedia: Palais épiscopal de Bayeux (FR)

38 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Thermes gallo-romains

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248 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Maison de François Ier

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The Grand Hotel d'Argouges, or Maison de François I, Guérin du Fresne hotel, Hôtel de la Madeleine, is a mansion located in the French town of Bayeux, in the Calvados department, in the Normandy region.

Wikipedia: Grand hôtel d'Argouges (FR)

1380 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 9: Prieuré Saint-Vigor

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Saint-Vigor Priory, formerly Saint-Vigor Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery in the town of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand in Calvados, Normandy, France. Its foundation is attributed to Saint Vigor, bishop of Bayeux in the first third of the 6th century. It was destroyed in the late 10th century by the invading Normans. In the late 11th century Odo, bishop of Bayeux, attempted a revival of the monastery as an independent abbey but it was not successful, and in the 1090s the community was made a dependent priory of the Abbey of St. Benignus, Dijon. The abbey relinquished its rights over the priory in 1702. The reformist Congregation of St. Maur took it on in 1712. It was suppressed in 1790 in the French Revolution.

Wikipedia: Saint-Vigor Priory (EN)

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