One day in Cherbourg, France

A day through Cherbourg’s best-known sights that lie close together: Redoutable, Cité de la Mer, equestrian statue of Napoleon, Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg, Château de Cherbourg and Musée Thomas-Henry. 6 stops, about 1.5 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. RedoutableMuseum · On the map
  2. Cité de la MerMuseum · 0.1 km on from Redoutable · On the map
  3. equestrian statue of NapoleonMonument · 0.6 km on from Cité de la Mer · On the map
  4. Basilique Sainte-Trinité de CherbourgTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from equestrian statue of Napoleon · On the map
  5. Château de CherbourgCastle · 0.2 km on from Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg · On the map
  6. Musée Thomas-HenryMuseum · 0.4 km on from Château de Cherbourg · On the map

6 stops, 2.9 km on foot along the streets: about 35 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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