Norman Switzerland

Places

• The Rock of Oëtre, a sheer cliff overlooking the Rouvre from above, is a popular tourist site. It can resemble a human face seen in profile.
• The Rabodanges hydro-electric dam and its feed lake, which can be used for fishing, powerboating and water skiing.
• The 'Pits of Hell', a museum in Saint-Rémy based around the old iron mines.
• The town of Pont-d'Ouilly and its café by the Orne riverside, which every Sunday makes space on the river for the canoe polo team to practice..
• The town of Clécy and its cafés by the Orne riverside, for its pedalos, and closeness to cliffs suited to climbing, hang-gliding and paragliding, in the communes of Saint-Omer and Vey.

  Monuments

• The Château de la Pommeraye, a 16th-century château set in a verdant landscape.
• The Château de La Tourelle or Château du Bas Martimbosq, feudal vestige of the 14th century, adjoins the banks of the Orne, on the municipality of Curcy-sur-Orne. It is visible since the heights of D212 road and numerous paths in the middle of nowhere. The current residence was restored and fitted out in the last century, in particular by a famous French singer-composer then by Mrs and Mr Briout, after the long sleep of an agricultural usage. Property of the ancient French family Leusse, it presents, with towers, the vestiges of the chapel and remaining outer walls, a typical element of the stone medieval heritage of Norman Switzerland today.