Visiting guide to Calvados and Normandy

Calvados apple brandy is an old tradition and part of the farming year in Normandy, France. All over the countryside apples are grown and cider, pommeau and calvados is enjoyed and sold through cellar door sales.

Calvados apple brandy is an old tradition and part of the farming year in Normandy, France. All over the countryside apples are grown and cider, pommeau and calvados is enjoyed and sold through cellar door sales.

Normandy is nice to visit all year around. All over Normandy calvados producers welcome you to their cellar door sales. If you like to experience the apple harvest and the cider making autumn is your choice. In spring the flowering of millions of apple trees take place and the summer is lush and refreshing. In Normandy you’ll find relaxation and authentic rural French charm combined with the glitz and glamour of places like Deauville and Trouville along the coast.

To stay
The countryside is full of charming ‘Gites de France’ or ‘chambres d’hôtes’ - the French answer to ‘bed and breakfast’.

A full large detailed map with all the calvados producers found in the producers index are included in the book.

Idac list of Calvadosproducers with information on visits and more

Read more tips for visiting in my book about calvados: Visits in the name of gastronomy
Other things to visit:
Getting there
To stay
Visit the cellars and know the tasting etiquette.
Some shops that sell calvados
Some useful weblinks
Some museums