Tourist office Normandy
The Normandy Regional Tourism Board keeps no walk-in tourist information office of its own and points visitors to about 170 local tourist offices and information centres across the region, all run by other bodies. Among them are the tourist offices of Rouen, Caen, Honfleur, Mont-Saint-Michel and Bayeux, a medieval town on the doorstep of the D-Day landing beaches. All 5 help visitors in person, with opening hours that change at least twice a year.
Find the nearest tourist office
The Normandy Regional Tourism Board sends visitors to local organisations rather than to an office of its own. The tourist offices of Rouen, Caen, Bayeux, Mont-Saint-Michel and Honfleur are each run by a local body, and all of them change their opening hours with the season.
Rouen tourist office
Location: Esplanade Marcel Duchamp, at the Museum of Fine Arts
Opening hours: October to April, Monday to Saturday 09:30 to 18:00, from 10:30 on Tuesdays, Sundays in school holidays and public holidays 10:00 to 18:00; other hours from May
Not run by the Normandy Regional Tourism Board: Rouen Tourisme runs it, and it closes on 1 January, 1 May, 1 and 11 November and 25 December.
Caen tourist office
Location: 12 place Saint-Pierre, Caen
Opening hours: October to March, Monday to Saturday 09:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, closed on Tuesday mornings and Sundays; other hours from April
Not run by the Normandy Regional Tourism Board: it is the head office of Caen la mer Tourisme and closes on 1 January, 1 November, 11 November and 25 December.
Bayeux tourist office
Location: Pont Saint-Jean, Bayeux
Opening hours: in October, Monday to Saturday 09:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, Sundays and public holidays 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00; other hours from November
Not run by the Normandy Regional Tourism Board: it is run by Bayeux Bessin Tourisme, with a ticket office and a shop, and closes on 25 December and 1 January.
Mont-Saint-Michel tourist office
Location: Grande Rue, Le Mont-Saint-Michel
Opening hours: in October, Monday to Saturday 09:30 to 17:30 and Sunday 09:30 to 17:00; from November every day 10:00 to 17:00 (17:30 in school holidays and in March)
Not run by the Normandy Regional Tourism Board: it is run by the Office de Tourisme Mont Saint-Michel Normandie, which covers 97 communes, and closes on 25 December and 1 January.
Honfleur tourist office
Location: Quai Lepaulmier, Honfleur
Opening hours: October to March, Monday to Saturday 09:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:30, Sundays and public holidays 09:30 to 13:30, school holidays only; other hours from April
Not run by the Normandy Regional Tourism Board: it is run by the Office de Tourisme Communautaire de Honfleur, which also has an office in Beuzeville.
Get to know Normandy in detail
Get to know Normandy in detail
The things to visit in Normandy start with a one-day route along the D-Day coast, from Bayeux Cathedral through the Normandy American Cemetery and Pointe du Hoc to Arromanches-les-Bains, and go on to Mont-Saint-Michel, Rouen, Honfleur, Étretat, Giverny and the Mémorial de Caen.
Several highlights in the guide cost nothing, among them Omaha Beach, the cliffs of Étretat and the cathedrals of Bayeux and Rouen, and its travel notes recommend a rental car for getting between the coast and the towns.
Public holidays in Normandy to plan around
On a public holiday, offices, museums and transport in Normandy may close or switch to holiday hours. France has 11 public holidays in 2026 and 11 in 2027, and the national calendar applies in Normandy.
National holidays in France 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)
- 6 April Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
- 1 May Labour Day (Journée internationale des travailleurs)
- 8 May Victory in Europe Day (Victoire 1945)
- 14 May Ascension Day (Ascension)
- 25 May Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
- 14 July Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
- 15 August Assumption Day (Assomption)
- 1 November All Saints' Day (Toussaint)
- 11 November Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Noël)
Local holidays in Normandy 2026
Normandy has no local holidays on top of the national calendar in 2026. Good Friday, in some communes, and the day after Christmas are extra holidays only in Alsace and Moselle.
National holidays in France 2027
- 1 January New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)
- 29 March Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
- 1 May Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
- 6 May Ascension Day (Ascension)
- 8 May Victory in Europe Day (Victoire 1945)
- 17 May Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
- 14 July Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
- 15 August Assumption Day (Assomption)
- 1 November All Saints' Day (Toussaint)
- 11 November Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Noël)
Local holidays in Normandy 2027
Normandy has no local holidays in 2027 either.
The tourist offices of Rouen, Caen, Bayeux and Mont-Saint-Michel are all closed on 25 December and 1 January. Rouen and Caen are also closed on 1 November and 11 November, Rouen on 1 May, and Caen closes at 13:00 on 24 and 31 December. The Bayeux office is open on the other public holidays, and from October to March the Honfleur office opens on public holidays only in school holidays. In 2026, 1 November falls on a Sunday and 11 November on a Wednesday; in 2027, 1 November falls on a Monday and 11 November on a Thursday.