The Traditions Route - 40 miles
Near to Caen, this tourist route highlights the traditions of the Pré-Bocage. The locals have used their resources to the full extent in agriculture, industry and craftsmanship as can be seen through the abundance of livestock and mixed farming, the iron mines at Jurques and Mont Pinçon, the forge at Danvou, and the lime kilns at Mont en Bessin and Landes sur Ajon.
The Traditions Route - 40 miles
Here, farmers and craftsmen embrace traditional skills and know how with contemporary techniques and have grouped together to welcome visitors and demonstrate their unique qualities. Visits to their workshops or farms, explanations of the way they work and the sale of produce are possible whatever the product - honey, pigeons, traditional bread, snails, cider, pommeau or calvados. Dotted with old villages and a traditional landscape, this route highlights the popular and religious traditions with churches, chapels and remains of monastic life (the abbeys at Aunay sur Odon and Plessis Grimoult). Families can enjoy themselves along signposted walkways, around the lake at Cahagnes, at the Jurques Zoo or in the Souterroscope Slate Mine at Caumont l'Eventé.
This circuit is accessible from:
■ Aunay sur Odon - via the D54 Aunay sur Odon - Caumont l'Eventé road.
■ Caumont l'Eventé - via the D54 road (dir. Cahagnes).
■ Villers Bocage - via the A 84 motorway (Caen - Mont St Michel road) and the town centre.
■ St Martin des Besaces - exit the A84 motorway (exit n°41), then take the D53 road.
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Caption :
 | The Traditions Route's different stopovers |
 | The Traditions Route's various activities |