Merville Battery (Batterie de Merville)
March 14-Sep 30: 9:30am-6:30pm, Oct 1-Nov 14: 10am-5pm
Place du 9ème Bataillon, Merville-Franceville-Plage, France, 14810
Practical Info
There is a Merville Battery Museum in Merville-Franceville, which contains a reconstituted gun chamber, an educational trail as well as a sounds & lights show. Merville Battery is located at Place du 9ème Bataillon in Merville-Franceville, just 25 kilometers northwest of Caen via route N814, D515 and D514. The visit takes about half an hour. The Battery is open between 9:30am to 6:30pm between March 14 and September 30, and from 10am to 5pm between October 1 and November 14. Entry costs €6 per adult and €3.50 per child aged 6 to 16 years old.
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