Secret Normandy ('Secret' guides)

Collet, Jean-Christophe; Joubert, Alain

ISBN 10: 2361957302 / ISBN 13: 9782361957308

Published by Jonglez Publishing, 2025

Seller Inventory # 9782361957308

Synopsis:

Let Secret Normandy guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.

Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Normandy guide book. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar locations, our local experts will show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing region in France. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.

Visit an artist’s studio set up in a castle, discover chapels built inside a millennial oak, pour calvados on a grave in the village of Camembert, pay your respects at a site where the Virgin Mary has made a score of apparitions, decipher the alchemical decorations at Hôtel d’Escoville in Caen, examine a historic pool for washing down horses, seek out the work of a Freemason architect in Rouen cathedral. <br />

Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, Normandy is a reserve of well-concealed treasures that only reveal themselves to those residents or visitors who wander off the beaten track.<br /> An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Normandy well, or those who would like to discover the hidden face of the region.<br />

About the Author:

Michelle Young is the founder of Untapped Cities, a web magazine about urban discovery and exploration. She is a graduate of Harvard College in the history of art and architecture and holds a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she is an adjunct professor. She is the author of New York: Hidden Bars & Restaurants for Jonglez publishing and Broadway (published by Arcadia). Michelle lives in Brooklyn.

Augustin Pasquet is the co-owner of Untapped Cities and manages business development and tours. He has lived in Nigeria, Switzerland and Thailand and currently lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He previously worked for L'Oreal in sales and marketing for seven years. Augustin spends his off-time traveling, taking pictures with his Canon 5D camera or his rapidly increasing Lomo collection.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Secret Normandy ('Secret' guides)
Publisher: Jonglez Publishing
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: NEW