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Cherbourg is in Basse-Normandie.

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Cherbourg is easily assessable from Normandy and the rest of France, it is around 6 hours from Paris and around 10 to 11 from Bordeax

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Cherbourg can be reached from Paris St Lazare on a direct train, otherwise there are services to Brittany and to (sometimes) the South West of France.

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From United Kingdom going to and from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Poole

and Ireland going from Rosslare

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A decent enough network of buses runs round the town, but everything can be reached by foot

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• The docks where the Titanic made its last stop before sinking. This is right next to the ferry terminals.

• The Cité de la Mer is an aquarium situated in the restored trans-Atlantic railway terminal in Cherbourg. Visitors can explore an ocean diving area and a former French Army submarine. The monument was built in 1933 and the museum was opened in 2002.

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• There is a campsite to the east of the town, it is signposted from the Ferry Terminal.

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