Écouché-les-Vallées, Orne

Continuing to head south we have driven a couple of hours to the Orne region of Normandy to the beautiful village of Écouché-les-Vallées a Petite Cité de Caractère.
We had a picnic lunch here a couple of years ago en route to another destination with the intention to return to properly explore the village.
There is a little library cupboard on the aire where we picked up a walking guide of the town.
There is tons of evidence of the towns history and heritage curiosities here including a revolutionary altar, a place of ceremony, celebration and worship during the French Revolution and a Sherman Tank from WW2 given to the town in memory of its liberation.
The origins of the commune go back to at least as far as the Middle Ages .
The absolute maze of streets here are full of historic notes. We had a great time exploring. We had nice weather today for being out and about.
Our very pretty motorhome aire is provided free, it's very peaceful here.Read more