Ouistreham Beach – The Flame loop from Lion-sur-Mer

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Ouistreham Beach – The Flame loop from Lion-sur-Mer

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Ouistreham Beach – The Flame loop from Lion-sur-Mer

05:33

21.9km

60m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

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Parking

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744 m

Maison La Bluette

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The villa (private property) can be seen from both the street and the seafront.
Beautiful Art Nouveau building with curved lines, designed by the famous architect Hector Guimard.

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7.43 km

Sword Beach (Ouistreham Beach)

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This beach is the only one of the five landing beaches where French commandos landed. For this reason, flags and monuments are erected there. It was named Sword Beach.

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7.60 km

A very beautiful, almost endless beach. In this beach, the English Impressionist Richard Bonington had already fallen in love in 1821, where he painted his first known oil painting, "Près de Ouistreham".

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7.98 km

The Flame

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Dedicated to the French soldiers who landed here on D-Day (6.6.1944).

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9.05 km

View of Ouistreham

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A beautiful place with many great houses. This includes the kilometer-long sandy beach.

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9.43 km

Platinum on the Battle of Normandy

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to give an impression of how it is depicted

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9.57 km

Piper Bill Millin Memorial

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Bill Millin (July 14, 1922 – August 17, 2010), better known as Piper Bill, was the personal bagpiper of Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of the 1st Special Service …

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