"Capitale" of Cotentin, Cherbourg was a long time a transatlantic stopover for large liners including the Queen-Elisabeth II as well as a large marina. Cherbourg is also a city with human dimensions still marked by the influence of a rural environment that drives the main square twice a week.
Also discover, the small city of Saint-Vaast La Hougue (photo), but also, the Saint-Marcouf islands, the island of Earth and the island of the Large, real reserves for birds where some 30,000 species (gulls, cormorants, herons and others) nest there.
