Bayeux is 18 km from the campsite, a 15-minute drive. It is the easiest outing to organise from Le Picard, and the only one you can do entirely on foot once the car is parked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s be clear from the start: the Bayeux Tapestry museum is closed for a two-year renovation project, with reopening scheduled for autumn 2027. Visitors still turn up at the door without knowing, and leave disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The town\u2019s two other museums remain open, and the exhibition De lin et de laine<\/em>, devoted to the history of the Tapestry\u2019s conservation, has been held in precisely these two venues since May 2026. It is the best way to get close to the work in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notre-Dame Cathedral towers over the town. It escaped the bombing of 1944, which is why the old centre around it has survived intact: half-timbered houses, narrow lanes, and the River Aure flowing through the tanners\u2019 quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Allow a good hour for the cathedral, and as long again to wander around it. Nothing needs booking, nothing needs planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are there on a Saturday, arrive in time for the market on Place Saint-Patrice: cheeses, cider, produce from the Bessin. It is the best moment of the week to fill the boot before heading back to the campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The MAHB occupies the former bishop\u2019s palace, next to the cathedral: porcelain, Bayeux lace and paintings. An hour and a half is enough, and the building alone is worth the visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Museum of the Battle of Normandy tells the story of summer 1944, from the beachhead to the liberation of the town. Just opposite is the British war cemetery, the largest Second World War British cemetery in France, free to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMorning: the cathedral and the medieval centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Saturday morning: the market on Place Saint-Patrice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Afternoon: the Baron G\u00e9rard Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
End of the day: the Battle of Normandy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n