Beauchamps: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Beauchamps is a stopover on the 84 km-long Route des Chiffonniers, which connects Saint-Pair-sur-Mer with the Sée Valley. The town’s history and landscape also include the Airou, local architecture, and several noteworthy destinations in the surrounding area and beyond.

Trails and Nature

The Les rives de l'Airou hiking trail passes through the sunken lanes of Beauchamps and a Natura 2000 area. The Airou is a river of the Armorican Massif and has remarkable natural potential for the reproduction of migratory salmonids.

Culture and History

The present-day church of Beauchamps was built in the neo-Gothic style and has a flat-roofed bell tower. The Sainte-Vierge Chapel still stands in the Beauchamps cemetery; the former church was destroyed by fire in the 19th century.

The local stone of Beauchamps, known as “pierre de Beauchamps” and featuring red, brown, and blue hues, was quarried from the late 18th century onwards and used in construction throughout the Sud-Manche area. Its heyday was at the beginning of the 20th century. Beauchamps is one of the destinations in the area designated as “Villages Patrimoine”. At Val d’Airou, Pont neuf, a former water mill, is considered a noteworthy site.

Local guides offer a guided tour of Beauchamps. The Saint-Georges festival is organised in Beauchamps every year by the local festival committee.

Surrounding Area

The Abbaye Sainte-Trinité de La Lucerne monastery and the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Hambye church are located in the vicinity of Beauchamps.

The wider region around Beauchamps includes Mont-Saint-Michel beach, the historic Abbaye de Montmorel site, the Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel monastery, and the island of Mont Saint-Michel.

Those who choose Beauchamps as a holiday destination can rent a holiday apartment.

For further reading, the local pages lead to Beauficel, Beslon, Octeville-L'avenel, Hauteville-Sur-Mer-Plage, Maupertus-Sur-Mer, Lolif, Angey and Chérencé-Le-Roussel.

For the higher-level travel overview: Manche.