On our way out of Normandy we stopped in Bayeux to view the Bayeux Tapestry. Note I used the singular form of Tapestry. Tourists stop in this town to see this one piece of cloth which is 230 feet long and almost 1000 years old. The tapestry tells the story of how William the Conqueror came into power though a set of embroidered pictures.
To view the tapestry you enter a dimly lit room and the tapestry is behind a glass case on your left. You view it as you walk down a corridor, and halfway through it u-turns and you view the remaining tapestry. The walk takes about 20 minutes if you follow the included audio guide. I was a little disappointed after viewing the tapestry as I thought there would be more but the museum also had additional artifacts on the different floors which provided additional information about this piece of history.
On the way back to the car we stopped by the Bayeux cathedral which is also old. The stained glass is amazing.
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