179 850 € FAI  , house , 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, in caen, within calvados 14 basse-normandie

Really a must see for the price large house with lovely views 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen and sitting room with woodburning stove, utility room, large barn in stone and two further smaller barns. Land of just over 1 and a half acres, pond and out of ground swimming pool ! the french department of calvados is part of the region of basse-normandie in normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the coast. calvados, via the port of ouistreham, is an entrance to the continent from britain. There are two airports: caen-carpiquet and deauville-saint gatien. The department of calvados has several popular tourist areas: the bessin, the plaine of caen, the bocage virois, the côte de nacre, the côte fleurie and the pays d'auge. Several beaches of calvados are popular for water sports, including cabourg and merville-franceville-plage. tourist capacity (2001): 7,818 hotel rooms; 13,734 camping sites; 1,176 beds (holiday villages); 619 rural gites the bayeux tapestry is on display in bayeux and makes the city one of the most-visited tourist destinations in normandy. juno beach centre at courseulles-sur-mer, calvados, commemorates the d-day landing of the canadian liberation forces at juno beach during world war ii in 1944. the cult of saint thérèse de lisieux brings large numbers of people on pilgrimage to lisieux, where she lived in a carmelite convent. every september, deauville hosts the festival of the american movie and the beach resort of cabourg hosts the festival of the romantic movie annually, the city of caen celebrates the festival of the electronical cultures called "nordik impakt". aquatic sports are often played on the coasts and beaches, for example, kite surfing and beach volleyball.