A château hotel on the Route du Cidre in Normandy
The Route du Cidre is located south of Deauville and covers several villages in the Pays d'Auge, among which is Cambremer. It was mapped out in 1973 to promote the local products and winds inland through the countryside around Deauville. The hotel Château Les Bruyères in Cambremer county, is an ideal stopover to on the Route du Cidre..
A 40km journey in the Pays d'Auge, in an air-conditioned land-rover type vehicle, takes you through typical Normandy villages to learn about the colour and aroma of cider and discover and appreciate cider-tasting and calvados-tasting.
>> Discovering the "Route du Cidre" stay package at the château hotel Les Bruyères
You will be based at the hotel and will visit two renowned cider producers
from Basse-Normandie and have the opportunity to appreciate AOC cider from
the Pays d'Auge and a vintage cider from Cambremer.
A dinner around the theme
of regional specialities will complete your stay in this hotel, a central
stopover on the cider route. As a parting gift, you will receive a basket
of selected products from the pays d'Auge, selected by the château.
The Route du Cidre passes by the Château les Bruyères hotel inland from Deauville
The Pays d'Auge extends south of Deauville to Vinoutiers and its capital city is Lisieux. But it is at its heart, around Cambremer, where the Route du Cidre was mapped out. Cider in Normandy goes back to the Celts, but calvados has only been produced since the XVI Century, as testified by the journal of a young noblemanman from the Cotentin region, in which the distillation process of cider to obtain calvados is described.
There are 48 varieties of
local cider in the Pays d'Auge: when mature, ciders accompany dishes with
sauces and Normandy cheeses. When young and fruity, they are recommended
for dessert.
The hotel des Bruyères and its gastronomic restaurant propose 20
different ciders, carefully selected among the best local producers, together
with advice on how to select them. The countryside inland from Deauville
and the Route du Cidre provide you with a treasure of culinary pleasures
that the hotel Château Les Bruyères will allow you to discover.
