Caen, the capital of Calvados, is an amazing city. Dynamic and student-oriented, it is home to many cultural venues such as the Alexis de Tocqueville library and festivals such as Nördik Impakt or Les Boréales. A gastronomic city, a city of architecture where the Middle Ages and the Reconstruction are mixed together, a city of history which lived through the conquest of Normandy and the dark hours of the bombings and the Occupation, Caen is surprising. If there is no lack of cultural visits - two sumptuous abbeys among the largest in France(Ladies' Abbey, Men's Abbey), a castle (the largest in Northern Europe), numerous churches (it was - let's not forget - called the city of a hundred steeples) and museums, including the famous Caen Memorial -, the walks are particularly pleasant. Historical center, beautiful shopping streets (Saint-Pierre, Froide, Caponière), majestic squares (Saint-Sauveur, du Théâtre), marina lined with restaurants and cafés, peninsula which is getting a beauty 2.0 beauty, huge green spaces (Bird Hill, Botanical Garden, Prairie) or more discreet ones (charming Luna Rossa garden): as any good tourist guide to Caen will tell you, the city is also the starting point of many escapades to the D-Day beaches or the green Norman Switzerland. One thing is certain, it is impossible to get bored in the capital of Calvados!
When to go to Caen? Thanks to its unceasing dynamism and the many possible activities and visits, you can visit Caen all year round. Numerous museums and attractions, the proximity of the beaches and the Norman countryside, castles to visit, permanent festivities, quality accommodation and major events all year round (water sports, horticulture, music, cinema, live entertainment...) make Caen a lively city all the time. Nevertheless, the weather is less capricious between May and October. The pre-season (May and June) is perhaps the best time to do so.
The climate of Caen is often associated with rain. If this one is often present, it makes despite all the charm of the city. Caen still benefits from 1,600 hours of annual sunshine! The climate, of an oceanic type, is rather mild. The average temperatures fluctuate around 12°C. Freezing periods are infrequent (about two weeks) and temperatures exceed 25°C about thirty days a year.
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