Sur la trace des Tancrède

Hauteville-la-Guichard is the birthplace of the Norman kings of Italy and Sicily.
It is from here that, around 1036, the sons of a modest lord, Tancrède de Hauteville, set out to conquer southern Italy and Sicily where they gave birth to a powerful kingdom. This plunge into the Corsican bocage is punctuated by beautiful typical farms and hotels.

Remarkable points on the circuit :
0 - Departure to the church near the Tancrède Museum, in the former presbytery, which presents the history of the conquest of Southern Italy by Tancrède de Hauteville, around 1036. A medieval garden is also proposed to you.

1 - On the left of the track, remains of a castle. To the right of the path, a beautiful hotel which is today a farm with a tin roof, the Hôtel Batteur. You meet many of them on your way, hotel ès-Forges, hotel Niobey in "la campagne", hotel ès-Vaux etc...

2 - You are on the GR of Pays Trésors cachés de Coutances.

3 - Turn right towards La Fourchardière to return in less than 3 km.

4 - Pleasant crossing of Montcuit, old village with its old school, a small town hall, a pretty church and very old trees in the cemetery. Montcuit was in ancient times, a seigniory.

5 - Monument to Robert Lee Duffy, further north in Mesnilbus (on the D77). This American fighter pilot whose plane crashed here in July 44 was found in 1992 in Colorado

6 - Attention: take on the right of the road, the small hidden path on the left of the sign " chasse gardée ". You will find here the GR des Trésors cachés de Coutances...

Remarkable points in the vicinity :
Manoir du Bouillon, Le Bouillon 50570 HAUTEVILLE-LA-GUICHARD Tél : 02 33 07 79 58 - In the "bocage coutançais", visit of an old seigneurial farm. 16th and 19th century architecture.
The Cotentin and Bessin Regional Nature Park covers 145,000 hectares, 30,000 of which are wetlands made up of marshes. Territory strongly marked by agriculture, with an exceptional natural heritage and great biological wealth
Knife apple conservatory orchard, Marigny, with its beautiful dry stone walls.
Church of Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin: 13th-14th, with a beautiful stained glass window dedicated to Charles-François Lebrun, who was a faithful follower of Bonaparte.
Church of Saint-Aubin-du-Perron, dated 12th-16th, which was under the former regime of the diocese of Coutances.