Weddings in Le Cotentin

Le Contentin is an historic wooded peninsula along the Normandy coast of France, directly across the Channel from England. Le Cotentin is an isolated area, cut off from the mainland of France by marshy lands but easily accessible by boat. While it may be a challenge to get to, once there the peninsula has a great deal of charm and history and many romantic hideaways that are perfect for your wedding in France. One can almost imagine that time has stood still at Le Cotentin.

Golden sand beaches, warmed by the Gulf Stream, line Le Cotentin and form the perfect backdrop for romantic midnight walks. The beaches of Le Cotentin seem to stretch forever. Follow the ribbon of warm sand northward and you will discover the world-famous abbey of Mont Saint Michael. This is the place where the receding tide lays bare the ocean floor, creating for a brief time a pathway from the mainland to the island abbey. But be careful, because when the tide comes back in, it comes in like a heard of wild horses, snorting and rushing back, ready to sweep any stragglers to their watery doom!

Within a short distance of the Le Contentin Peninsula you will find Claud Monet’s secret garden at Giverny, William the Conqueror’s birthplace at Falaise, the famous tapestry of Bayeux, and you can visit the basilica at Lisieux which has been dedicated to Saint Theresa.

The beautiful and world-renowned private Chateau in Le Contentin Peninsula offers both a romantic hideaway for lovers as well as the perfect place for a Symbolic or Religious wedding. The rooms are spacious and filled with antiques. The secluded Chateau offers horseback ridding, tennis, mountain biking, fishing, and much more.

For those looking for a more rustic getaway, Le Cotentin offers many intimate villages and small towns that provide magnificent scenery and absolute privacy for you and your lover. St-Vaast-La-Hougue is an historic village with a string of ancient fortifications to explore as well as a charming hotel with a magnificent garden and an excellent restaurant.

The tiny harbor village of Barfleur has a more than 700-year history. Today Barfleur is a sleepy little village with several fine hotels and several excellent restaurants. A short walk from Barfleur is the Gatteville Lighthouse, the second tallest lighthouse in all of France. The Gatteville Lighthouse guards the very rocks where Henry the First’s son, William, along with three hundred nobles drowned in 1120.

The tiny town of Coutances is only one street long, but on its hilltop stands the Cathedrale de Notre-Dame, a combination of Gothic and Norman architecture which many believe to have been divinely inspired. At night the church is brilliantly lighted and serves as a beacon for the entire area.

The Le Cotentin Peninsula is like an ancient island of tranquility in the sea of the modern world. If you and your lover are looking for a secluded, private and unhurried place to celebrate the beginning of your life together, then the Peninsula of Le Cotentin in the Normandie region may be your perfect hideaway.