Équeurdreville-Hainneville: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

A notable place in Équeurdreville-Hainneville is Parc de la Saline: the five-hectare leisure park is located directly by the sea. The three-kilometre-long Promenade de la Saline is accessible to cyclists, pedestrians and wheelchair users. From the waterfront, views extend across the Cherbourg roadstead, the sea and historic forts listed as heritage monuments.

Anyone looking for a holiday apartment in Équeurdreville-Hainneville can include this place in their travel plans.

Coast and trails

The waterfront promenade is home to the installation Le Grand départ, which presents 150 years of transatlantic voyages in texts and images. In the park at Fort des Couplets, footpaths and cycle paths lead north, south and east – as far as Jardin Hippolyte Mars – as well as west. Fort des Couplets itself is a hexagonal redoubt made of piled earth that is recognised as part of the historic heritage.

Two trails also lead through different landscapes. La route des forts is a walking trail through the historic heritage of Équeurdreville-Hainneville, with urban, countryside and park sections as well as various viewpoints over the Cherbourg roadstead. The circular trail Barrage du Rouland passes through built-up and rural areas, parks, sunken lanes and historic buildings, particularly on the history-rich heights of Hainneville.

History

Several notable historic sites contribute to the character of the town. Parc du Val l'Abbé is a densely wooded park with quarries of blue slate. Parc du Tôt surrounds the former Redoute du Tôt, which is listed in the inventory of historic monuments.

Hameau Bourgeois includes 16th-century vaulted structures connected by a covered passage to a former farm with a square defensive staircase tower. The manor house of Hameau Bourgeois still has a square 17th-century tower with four storeys and a small room reminiscent of a watchtower.

The pacifist war memorial of Équeurdreville-Hainneville was inaugurated in 1932 to commemorate the victims of war. The remains of a V1 rocket launch site can also be found in Équeurdreville-Hainneville. The former war memorial of Équeurdreville-Hainneville bears the French designation “Architecture contemporaine remarquable”.

Leisure

The Centre aquatique d'Équeurdreville-Hainneville has a 25-metre sports pool and an 80-metre heated outdoor white-water channel. The centre also offers an adults-only relaxation area with a spa, saunas, steam rooms and a relaxation pool.

Market

A farmers' market is held weekly on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Place Mandela, offering fruit and vegetables, cheese, poultry, fish and other goods.

Other places: Saint-Brice-De-Landelles, Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, Lolif, Saint-Pierre-Langers, Montgardon, Saint-James, Ducey, Saint-Pierre-Eglise

To the higher-level travel overview: Manche.