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Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel
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Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel

Ten days of chalk and tide: Rouen, Honfleur, Etretat, Bayeux, the D-Day beaches, then Mont-Saint-Michel. Tesla and Ionity on the A13; the island is a walk, car on a charger in the bay lots.

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Season: Year-round. Mont-Saint-Michel tides and shuttles; park in the official lots with chargers. D-Day sites open most days.

Ten days of chalk and tide: Rouen, Honfleur, Etretat, Bayeux, the D-Day beaches, then Mont-Saint-Michel. Tesla and Ionity on the A13; the island is a walk, car on a charger in the bay lots.

Day by day

Day 1

Rouen

The cathedral Monet painted in weather. Tesla overnight.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Rouen) — typical arrival 29%, about 21 min to 80%. Why stop here: Rouen. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Rouen
RouenPhoto: DXR / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 3

Honfleur

The harbour is a wooden room. Charge in Deauville after the estuary bridge.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Honfleur. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Honfleur
HonfleurPhoto: Ввласенко / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 5

Bayeux

Tapestry and the road to Omaha. Tesla after 18 percent of lanes between hedges.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Bayeux. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Bayeux
BayeuxPhoto: Gzen92 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 8

Mont-Saint-Michel

Park, charge, walk the causeway. The mount rearranges itself with the tide.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Ionity (Ionity Mont-Saint-Michel) — typical arrival 20%, about 26 min to 80%. Why stop here: Mont-Saint-Michel. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Etretat
EtretatPhoto: Jörg Braukmann / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 10

Rouen

Back inland. Last Tesla; the cathedral is still catching weather.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Rouen) — typical arrival 29%, about 21 min to 80%. Why stop here: Rouen. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Omaha Beach
Omaha BeachPhoto: US Army Signal Corps / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Quiet charging pauses

  • Tesla Supercharger in Rouen — a calm stop on this leg, about 21 min.
  • Tesla Supercharger in Deauville — a calm stop on this leg, about 23 min.
  • Ionity in Beauvoir — a calm stop on this leg, about 26 min.

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