Margency holiday home - Surrounding Area

There are many leaflets in Margency describing places of interest for all the family, most of which are only a short drive away.

Here is a brief description of some of them:

	Landing Beaches Landing Beaches at about 20 km
Barfleur Barfleur "Beau village de France" is at about 15 km
	Mont St-Michel The Mont St-Michel is located at 95 km
City of the Sea (La Cité de la Mer) The Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg, developed recently on the site where passengers used to embark for New York in the 1930s, is only twenty minutes away. Here you can see the Redoutable, the largest submarine open to public viewing. Or you can pilot a virtual submarine in a reconstituted operations room. You can also visit the new Aquarium, divided into sixteen different areas representing the full spectrum of marine life in all the oceans of the world.
	Nacqueville Castle and park (Château et parc de Nacqueville) This beautiful and impressive castle is in the middle of a magnificent park, created in 1830 by a famous English landscape artist. Walking through this park you see a cascade of waterfalls leading to a lake. The flowers - gunneras, azaleas, rhododendrons, hortensias and large arum lilies - all delight the eye. Alexis de Tocqueville (whose birthplace is only ten minutes from Margency) described Nacqueville as "one of the most beautiful places on this earth".
The Gatteville lighthouse (Le Phare de Gatteville) This impressive lighthouse, only 20 minutes from Margency, was built entirely of local granite. It is 245 feet high, making it the second tallest lighthouse in Europe. And it enjoys some interesting statistics - 12 floors, 52 windows and 365 steps. If you are up to it, you can climb the staircase inside the lighthouse all the way to the top, from where you can enjoy stunning views of the Saire valley, as well as the fishing boats operating out of Barfleur and Saint Vaast la Hougue.
	Ludiver Take the family to the Ludiver observatory, only 45 minutes away by car. Here you can travel to the centre of the earth, and to the outer limits of our galaxy. The whole family will be fascinated by the mysteries of the universe, by the immensity of space. As you explore the observatory you can see the sky at different times of the day and night, offering the unexpected beauty of a universe still wrapped in mystery…
The enchanted village (Le village enchanté) This is a very special park located in the south of La Manche. The many footpaths take you through woodland, alongside streams, and through fields of wild flowers.
	Montaigu-la-Brisette animal park (Parc animalier de Montaigu-la-Brisette) Explore this beautiful animal park, only 15 minutes from Margency. There are several lakes in this lovely park, all home to a wide range of migrating birds. As you follow the footpaths you will see many different animals - camels, marabous, macaws, golden pheasant, wolves, llamas, kangaroos, hare, dromedaries, baboons, pigmy goats, wild sheep, yacks, zebras, stags, Vietnamese pigs, racoons, monkeys, porcupines, cockatoos, mallards, sheldrakes, swans, pelicans, and brent and greylag geese.