Normandy

Normandy is located in the northwest of France. Its two maritime sides (north and west), 603 km long, face the English Channel. To the west of the Cotentin Peninsula are the Channel Islands. It accompanies the Seine on both sides of its path to the sea. Rouen and Caen are the administrative capitals of the region.

More than 500 km of greenways are available. These are the improved cycle routes on which you can safely explore the history, culture and culinary delights of Normandy. You can travel for miles along the coast from Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel or take the road to Ouistreham from the port of La Rochelle.

In Normandy, sustainable tourism is an omnipresent issue. The spectacular white limestone cliffs along the coast are affected by erosion, heat waves are a danger to plants and animals. At the same time, demand for sustainable travel is on the rise. But with such a complex problem, where do you start to develop tourism in the right direction?

In Normandy, there are a total of 63 tourism offices facing very different challenges. The French tourism organization OTN helps the individual offices achieve their sustainability goals with joint, clearly structured action plans, thus advancing the region as a whole. For this initiative, the organization was awarded the Green Destinations Story Award 2023 in the category "Governance, Reset and Recovery".