La Chapelle-Yvon: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In La Chapelle-Yvon, La boucle des lavoirs is an easy 9.0-kilometre circular hiking trail. The route is listed as taking 2 hours and 15 minutes. For 900 metres, the route follows the GR26. It starts at the tennis car park in La Chapelle-Yvon, is marked in blue, and follows a path leading to the Manoir de Besneray.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in La Chapelle-Yvon can include the town as a destination in their personal travel plans.

Cuisine

At Torréfaction du Pays d’Auge, visitors can see and smell coffee beans being roasted and ask questions about this craft. On site, Torréfaction du Pays d’Auge offers traditional artisanal coffee roasting and a tasting area.

Culture

At the Église Notre-Dame in La Chapelle-Yvon, the bell tower and parts of the choir walls have been preserved from an earlier construction phase. The tower is made of puddingstone, a material characteristic of the 11th and 12th centuries. The church also contains a reliquary bust or reliquary shrine from the 19th century with relics of Saint Blaise.

The history of the town also includes cotton processing. During the industrial development of the Arrondissement de Lisieux, cotton was processed in La Chapelle-Yvon for a period of time; in 1844, cotton processing employed 105 workers.

Geographical setting

Château de Mailloc, a château, is located in the vicinity of La Chapelle-Yvon. The surrounding area also includes Château de Fervaques, a château, Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet, a château, and the Palais épiscopal de Lisieux, a bishop’s palace.

Other places: Danestal, Vouilly, La Vespière, Bellou, Saint-Georges-En-Auge, Rouvres, Crocy, Bavent.

To the main travel overview: Calvados.