Understand
[edit]Vire is somewhat inland of where the D-Day landings took place in June, 1944. The British liberated the town in mid-July after heavy fighting; the place was mostly destroyed but has long since been rebuilt.
Tourist information
[edit]Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Vire station (Gare de Vire). SNCF trains from Paris (Montparnasse) and Granville.
By car
[edit]From Paris, take the A13 motorway to Caen and then the A84 motorway towards Rennes (30 km west of Caen - exit no. 42).
From Rennes, take the A84 motorway, exit no. 42.
By bus
[edit]Les Bus Verts du Calvados: line n°32 Caen-Vire.
By plane
[edit]Caen Carpiquet Airport is 50 km from Vire.
Get around
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Map of Vire
See
[edit]The 12th-century fortifications of the medieval town are still partly visible in the town rebuilt after 1944:(Porte Horloge, Porte Saint-Sauveur, Tour aux Raines, Tour de Coulonces, Tour de Geôle, Tour de la Douve.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 La Table Viroise, Rue d'Aigneaux 4, ☏ +33 2 31 68 00 35. Lunch M-F, dinner M-Sa. Great French food. menu from €18.