Attractions and Places To See around Siouville-Hague - Top 20

The website for the film documentary "Border Paths – The Customs Officers' Trail" states: "The historic Customs Officers' Trail, now one of France's most popular hiking trails, begins at the famous pilgrimage site of Mont St. Michel. Along its 1,700 kilometers, between Mont St. Michel in the north and St. Nazaire in the south of the Breton peninsula, visitors can discover impressive landscapes with a diverse range of flora and fauna. Passing rugged cliffs, vast dune landscapes, and seemingly endless beaches, hikers become border crossers on a floating border that shifts with the rhythm of the tides." The film about the "Sentier des Douaniers" (duration: 43 minutes / language: German) in the ARD media library can be found via the following link =>> https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/grenzwege-der-zoellnerpfad/grenzwege-der-zoellnerpfad/mdr/Y3JpZDovL21kci5kZS9zZW5kdW5nLzI4MjA0MC81MjE2OTktNTAxNzM2

Break on the beach.

We specifically waited until the tide went out.

This ancient tomb is partly collapsed. A covered walkway was always covered with stones or earth. What you can see now is what remains of the structure of this Neolithic monument. This dolmen is dated 4,500 years before present time. You have a beautiful 360 degree view when you are on site.

Very nice old customs officer path

A vast expanse of fresh water, isolated from the sea by a narrow dune cordon, almost all of the reserve is the property of the Conservatoire du Littoral. Before reaching the nature reserve, you have to observe it from the top of the perched dunes, on the road coming from Biville. There, the spectacle offered by nature is grandiose... and to enter the reserve is, in a way, to enter another world. The first impression of calm dissipates with the sound of the wind in the reeds and the surf of the sea. The protected territory presents a vast complex composed of fixed dunes, hygrophilous grasslands and small temporary ponds (called wet pans) which contains an exceptional floristic diversity and allows many rare species to develop there. The plant world is represented by 333 species, 4 of which are protected at national level: the great fluke, the carnation of the dunes, the one-flowered littoral and the sea kale. The recorded fauna is made up of 147 species of birds, such as the greater plover, the ring-necked plover, the marsh harrier and the tufted duck, whose reproduction is regularly observed there; 24 species of mammals, and 19 species of amphibians and reptiles, 16 of which are protected at national level: the crested newt, the spotted pelodyte, the natterjack toad... and no less than 550 species of insects. Mowing, stripping and stump removal are practiced to control the development of vegetation and preserve the diversity of environments. Source: https://www.reserves-naturelles.org/mare-de-vauville

Great dune landscape that lends itself to a circular hike. A nature trail leads through the swamp area, on which dogs are unfortunately not allowed. In order not to have to climb x extra meters, we then walked back along the beach (at times dogs are also not allowed, but it's fine with a narrow lead).

The Pierres Pouquelées are a Neolithic covered walkway dating around 4500 BC. There is a beautiful view of Vauville and the Manche The covered walkway faces north-west/south-east. Very ruined, it is currently 14.50 m long for an interior width of about 1.25 m and an exterior width of 2.40 m for a height under the table of 1.20 m. The entrance appears to be sideways to the southwest. The slabs are in quartz sandstone, except for two cover tables which are in granite and probably come from a site 3 km away, located at sea level. The covered walkway was excavated in 1755, before the covering tables were removed, by the Royal Academic Society of Cherbourg. At the beginning of the 19th century (around 1830), the cover tables were recovered by the inhabitants in order to build a bridge. Alerted, the sub-prefect of Valognes ordered it to be put back in place, but the blocks were simply deposited on the site: they are certainly those lying on the ground a few meters from the alley1. A good part of the orthostats disappeared in 1833.