Manche located in the Cotentin Peninsula France, Basse-Normandie and the islands of Chausey are part of this region  it is surrounded on three sides by the English Channel, with 350km of coastline, it boarders  Calvados, Ille-et-Vilaine, Mayenne, and Orne, the Gulf stream's influence, provide a Mediterranean climate producing a acceptable climate for exotic plants to be grown here, The region has Pretty little Gites nestling in the Normandy countryside and holiday homes dotted along the Normandy coast. If you are looking for holiday rentals in France, Normandy is the most easily accessed of all the French regions from the UK.

The sea seems to stretch forever and comes to rest on long beaches of golden sands perfect for touring by car or bicycle with rugged headlands around Cap de la Hague and Nez de Jobourg, for bird-watchers, you will gannets and shearwaters nesting, The port of Cherbourg still acts as a naval base and is home, On the western tip stands Mont-St-Michel a  island abbey