The Orne, or the escape near our home

The end of confinement, even partial, will significantly increase the need for escape, without necessarily traveling to the end of the world.

The department of Orne, located in north-west France, between Paris and Brittany, offers some ethical breaks this summer.

You can choose a wooden house on a hill in the Perche, surrounded by remarkable trees and in the middle of a 10 hectare property; or, for lovers of unusual walks, a guided forest outing from Saint Martin to Vieux Bellême to the rhythm of the percherons, these powerful horses that will give you time to feel nature.

Art lovers will stop over in Mortagne-au-Perche to discover, for example, "An antique dealer & a Photographer in the Perche" and his still life photographs inspired by 16th and 18th century painting around fruits and vegetables; At La Courbe, there are also natural products, but it is the edible plants and wild flowers that an ex-Parisian offers at restaurants in the region: water mints, bear's garlic, sorrel, cardamine ...

And then bistronomy is never far away, in particular at the new restaurant "Le Caillou" at La Roche d'Oêtre offering organic products around foie gras, cod in buckwheat crust or poached poached pear.

Welcome this summer to the Orne, in the heart of Normandy.