Episode list

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from the Nantes ( the urban farmer Olivier Durand, the walk through the town- the Place Royale and its fountain, the Place du Bouffray with the bronze sculpture of Philippe Ramette called "Éloge du pas d'à coté",the Memorial of the abolition of the slavery-, the Tour de Bretagne and Le Nid, the Cantine du Voayge-the waitress Miebli Iyeyemi explaining the concept of the Cantine-restaurants and various games as petanque-, again with Olivier Durand in the urban vegetable garden-the old varieties of apple and pear trees, Nantes as a town of truck farmers for the food supply of the boats, the Quai des Antilles with the rings-symbols of the slavery-, the meeting with the chef Jean-Yves Guého, the harvest of green beans, the restaurant "L'Atlantide", the eating of sardines filets with vegetables and a caviar of eggplants and the meeting with Benoôt Boiteau at the hotel- a restored chapel-), to the Château du Coing and Pornic ( the wine maker Véronique and Aurore Günter, who is also oenologist, the muscadet wine, the visit of the wine cellar, the cellar master Rodolphe Meillerais and the tasting of a young muscadet and later with Véronique the tasting of of a Château du Coing 2010, the travel with Aurore to Pornic, the Faiencerie de Pornic and the famous "bols avec les oreilles", the earthenware painter Laurie Heissat and the ear bowls with the names of Sophie et the Échappées belles, Arnaud Saint Ellier talking of the Cirafine strawberries and the eating of strawberries) passing by the île of Nantes ( Les Machines de l'île, the machinists Hélène Jutel and Leslie Podevin, the mechanical spider, the mechanical ant, the project of the Heron Tree, the mechanical elephant and the carousel of the marine worms), by the Cercle d'Aviron de Nantes ( the rowing club, the rower Anna Piveteau, Sophie as coxswain and the rowing on the Erdre river), by the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany (the guide Gwenaëlle Evenu, François ii and his daughter Anne de Bretagne , the gothic architecture of the palace, the museum of the industrial period of Nantes), by the center of of Nantes (the boatman François Lelièvre, the covered passageway "Pommeraye", the cafe and pastry shop "La Cigale", the tasting of the gâteau nantais), by Trentemoult ( with François, the film location of the film "La Reine blanche", the fishermen neighborhood, the "Hangar du Pendule"- the painter Soizic Kerihuel, the mosaic designer Anaïs, , the upholsterer Julien and the the luthier Clovis) and by Vertou (again with the boatman François, the boat tour on the "Sèvre Nantaise", the story of the river navigation-the transport of stones and wines-, the mariners songs). Besides we see zooms about Nantes and the Loire River, about the green spaces of Nantes, about the salt marshes of Guérande, about the famous biscuit Petit Beurre Lu, about the Marais de Brière and about Saint-Nazaire.

A nice excursion of Jérôm Pitorin from Mérignas and Saint-Émilion ( the balloonist Stéphane Defraine and the wine maker and balloonist François Pont, the hot air balloon flight over the Bordelais vineyard-100.000 hectares-, the walk with François through Saint-Émilion, the monolithic church, the travel on a tuk-tuk managed by Mélodie Garcia, the games festival, Eric Berry and the rolling of barrels, the young Ambre showing how to roll a barrel) to Martillac-the Smith Haut Lafitte Château-(the visit of the estate with Charlotte Dominique, the cooper Jean-Luc making oak wood barrels, the meeting with Florence Cathiard, the story of the estate, the stay in the guesthouse, on the morning the harvest of grapes, the cellar master Yann Laudeho Leroy and the tasting of a young Merlot wine which will be used for the blending of the Smith Haut Lafitte wine, the grilled pork intestine and the toast with red wine to the end of the harvest) passing by Bordeaux (the boat tour with the photographer Brice Braastad and the boat captain Guillaume de Mecquenem, the neighborhood of the Chartrons, the vertical lift bridge Jacques Chaban Delmas, the citadel of Blaye built under Vauban, the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne river, the island of Patiras - Sarah and Maryan-the lighthouse keepers) by Margaux (Nicolas Audebert, manager of the Château Rauzan-Ségla, the vineyard of 75 hectares, the tasting of the berries), by Bordeaux (Charlotte Dominique-redactor of toutlevin.com- the walk through Bordeaux, Luc Dorin and the "canelé" de Bordeaux, the brotherhood of the canelé de Bordeaux, the Cité du Vin-the interactive video with wine makers of the world, the workshop with the smelling of different aromas and the tasting of a white wine with the sommelier Élodie Gratuze, the wine store "L'Intendant" managed by Laurent Dumesny, the buying of a bottle of white wine, the chef Adrien Ferran, the "Marché des Capucins and the buying of oysters, the caricaturist Mika and the sommelier Julien, the oysters prepared by Adrien and the white wine of Château Bonnet). Besides we see zooms about the touristic activities in the Bordeaux vineyard, about the Marathon du Médoc, about the "Châteaux of the region, about the trade of the Bordeaux wines, about the women in the management of the wine estate and about grapes harvests.

Beginning of the journey in Cuzco: Jérôme meets Ricardo Reategui, a touristic guide. Cuzco is at 3.400 meters above sea level: Ricardo tells that the Inca empire lasted from the 12th to the 15th century.In the town they can see the walls build by the Incas, there is is a stone with 12 angles.They go to the White Christ and have a nice sight over the Cuzco. Later they go to the San Pedro Market whose framework has been build by Gustave Eiffel.To fight against the altitude sickness the Peruvian people use to chew coca leaves: so they buy some cocoa leaves .In the market Jérôme buys a chocolate with salt of Maras.By car they travel to Maras: there are about 3.000 salt evaporation pounds; the river comes from a hot source and crosses salty soils.Then people as Gladys Paucar Morales are harvesting the salt from the evaporation pounds.Next excursion: Ricardo and Jérôme take the train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes: they walk on the historic trail to Machu Picchu (Unesco World Heritage site which was discovered in 1874).They enjoy this great site, house of the knowledge of the Incas.Later Jérôme is in Lima discovering the town by paragliding; later he meets Carolina Uechi Kohatsu who tells him the story of Lima founded in 1535.They visit the center of the town: Plaza Mayor, the colonial architecture of the buildings, they travel by bus to the Mercado No 1: at the shop of Mariella they buy langoustines, at the "Rinconcito of Alex" they eat a ceviche (fishes and seafood prepared with lemon juice and a touch of chili).Later they go to Carolina's restaurant in the district of Surco,they prepare pork, langoustines in teriyaki sauce and they enjoy the nightlife in the Barranco neighborhood drinking a pisco sour.Then Jérôme travels to Llachón, at the Titicaca lake: there Felix Turpo Coila and his wife Magna manages a guesthouse:they drink a infusion of "muña" (Andean mint) with coca leaves: Felix and Jérôme make a kayak trip on the lake.Back to home they meets Magna, Felix wife who is weaving bags.For the supper Jérôme helps Magna to prepare the vegetables soup with semolina.On the morning Feliz presents to Jérôme his 94 years old mother who is working every day on her parcel.Later some Andean musician have come, and play traditional Andean music : Felix dances with Magna and Jérôme wearing a typical Andean clothing, dances with the daughter of the couple. Besides we can see some zooms about the alpaca breeding and the alpaca wool, about Pilar Pedraza Armenteras , a photographer who teaches photography in the impoverished neighborhoods of Lima and Gretell Lucia Delgado Salinas who encourages the the children to learn acrobatics.We travel also to the Pacific Ocean , we follow Juan Aguilar , a fisherman of Pucusana and also Denisse Sotomayor, a marine photographer who knows a lot about sea lions.We discover also the floating islands of the Titicaca Lake made with reeds and Antono Porcela who harvests the eggs of the duck between the reeds.

Guiana, France on the far side of the world: The only European territory to have a land border with the Latin American countries, French Guiana is a little corner of paradise at the gateway to Amazonia. A mosaic of peoples and cultures, Guiana shelters an inestimable natural heritage with 95% of the territory covered by virgin tropical rainforest.

Beginning of the journey in Nouakchott: Ismaël meets Sidi Zeidane, Ismaël buys a scarf(in French chèche) for this excursion to the desert.Then they travel by car to Amojar in the Adrar desert, an historical place discovered by Théodore Monod, there they see the 70000 years old rock paintings.Then they travel to Chinguetti where they meet Self Islam, the curator of the Al Mahmoud library who show them an very old manuscript. Later they drink tea with the curator.After that Imaël travels to Ouadane:; in the primary school he meets Sabah Mint Mohamed, the teacher and spend a moment with the pupils, he give them a soccer ball and they play soccer.Later Ismaël meets again Sidi who helps him to wear the scarf: they begin to walk through the Sahara desert, then they ride on a a camel and arrive at the bivouac, the nomad people prepare a desert bread and there is a campfire.On the morning Sidi and Ismaël eat the desert bread and drink tea.After that return to Nouakchott: Ismaël and Sidi enjoy the panorama from the terrace of a sky-crapper and Ismaël buys in a bazaar gifts ( a collar and bracelets):They arrive at Sidi's House where they meet Catherine Zeidane and the children. On the morning Ismaël and Sidi go to the beach and they enjoy grilled fish prepared with saffron. After that Ismaël travels to the National Park of the "Banc d'Arquin" where he meets Marion Broquere and Simon Nancy: the go to the lagoon and use a kite with digital camera to observe the crabs the lagoon, later they see migratory birds ( cormorants, spoonbills and flamingos) and use a drone to observe in the island Tidra the birds. Besides we see zooms about the return of the tourists to Mauritania, about the fight against the sand invasion in Chinguetti, about the roads in Mauritania ( the traditional caravans, the camel market in Nouakchott, Ahmed the truck driver and Sidi Ahmed the bus driver), about the Moorish women (Bana Kora-the fashion designer, the Moorish veil and the henna tattoos) , about the agriculture in the South of Mauritania near the Senegal River and about the Atlantic coast (the Imraguens fishermen and shipwrights and the surfing)

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Boulder-Colorado- ( Le French cafe -Agnès Carrigou and her new life in Colorado, the French bakery, the mountain road and the lookout point,the panorama of the Boulder-the university and its red roofs and in the far Denver-) to the Yellowstone National Park (the guide and photographer Jort Vanderveen, the excellent place for taking pictures, the first lookout point, the greatest lake of the park, second lookout point the 90 meters high waterfall and the yellow rocks,also the cliff with the birds of prey and last lookout point the geysers, the talk about the Wild West as place of liberty and connection with the nature) passing by Cody-Wyoming-(the Wyoming Artisans, the cowgirl Karen Schulz- a teacher of Connecticut-, the jewels with bird feathers, the cowboy boots, the walk through the town, the Hotel Irma and the talk about Buffalo Bill, on the street comedians playing the role of cowboys shooting against each other) by the ranch of JW Robinson ( the practice of the lasso, the "real" cowgirl Becky, FinleyJW Robinson's wife who come from New Zealand, the horseback riding through the meadows and mountains, the herd of cows in the meadow), by Cody again ( the sculptor Brian Semis-member of the Shoshone tribe-, his workshop and later his house- his collection of personal items such gloves and eagle's feather, the talk about the Shoshones, the arrival of Karen and the evening in the tepee, the deer meat, the fried bread and the berries sauce, Brian playing flute) and by the National Park of the Rocky Mountains (Kirk Bien and his fishing shop, the travel to the river, the fly fishing, a brown trout and a rainbow trout which were too small and have been released, the family of Kirk-his mother Vicky, his father Gary and the children Addy and Luke-, the supper of tacos and in the morning the walk with the llamas in the private forest of Gary). Besides we see zooms about the sports in the Rocky Mountains, about the gold in Colorado, about the cowboys of Denver, about the camping in Colorado, about the Rocky Mountains and the dinosaurs, about the Park of the Rocky Mountains and about the Denver Arsenal Wildlife Refuge.

Beginning of the journey in Salvador de Bahia: Tiga meets Bira Santos , a musician and they walk to the "Pelourinho square: they see the house of Jorge Amado and Bira speaks about the pillory where Black slaves were castigated: then they see the baroque houses of the old town (Unesco World heritage site) and the Michael Jackson fans club.Later they visit the Church of Our Lady Rosary built by the slaves in the 18th century: songs and drums music.Finally they arrive at the Lacerda elevator and enjoy the panorama. After Bira and Tiga go to a ice-cream shop where they meet Jen Waak, Bira's wife and Tiga tastes a pitanga ice-cream. Later Tiga and Bira visit the shop of Claudio Damian Valpols Fernandez and look at the precious gems of Brazil.In the night Jen is playing drums in the streets with other musicians.On the next day Tiga travels to Diogo where she meets Sophie Jacquet who manages the "Too Cool Na Bahia Pousada": they enjoy the panorama of the dunes and the beaches and have a walk to the beach. On the morning Tiga pays a visit to female weavers who work with the "piassava" fibers, she bought a little bag and later Tiga enjoys a "moqueca" of fishes and prawns.Back to Salvador de Bahia Tiga meets Tacun Lecy, a photographer and they go to capoeira school: the capoeira master Azoado explains her the story of the capoeira dance.Later Tiga and Tacun meets Ana Cassia Pereira , a model , there is a shooting of Ana with her traditional dress: they arrive at the "acarajé" restaurant and Tiga tastes the famous "acarajé", a fritter of beans of onions.Then Tiga travels to Rio de Janeiro: in an inn he meets the chef Julia Souza, they take a "caipirinha" and enjoy the panorama of the city.Then they walk through the favelas of Santa Teresa and Lapa : they admire the steps of Jorge Selaron (mosaics of all parts of the world) and finally arrive at Copacabana beach, there a fishermen cooperative sells fishes and Julia buys flounders.They go to the beach and eat flounder ceviche.On the next day they go to to the "Lagoa de Freitas", a huge lagoon and visit the botanical garden of Rio de Janeiro (54 hectares, about 10.000 species of plants): they meet Julio Cesar , a garden designer who shows them some medicinal herbs and the "macabo".Finally Tiga ends her journey at the statue of the Christ Redeemer on the Corcovago mountain. Besides we see zooms about the Bay of Salvador de Bahia (the skipper Marcelo Magalhaes Brocchini), the weaver Maria Da Conceiçao, about the boat captain Alex Ramos Costa) and Elenilza the shells collector), about Angélica Moreira and the fishes prepared with coconut milk, about the SENAC cooking school in Salvador, about Leïla Carreiro and and the Afro-Brazilian cuisine), about Petropolis (the imperial museum and the descendants of the last emperor of Brazil), , about the famous "cafezinho" , about the Copacabana beach ( Marcio Cordeiro and his metal detector, Denilson Pereira Guedes, the sandwich vendor, Marcio Mizael Matolias, the sand castle builder), about the Ipanema beach (robonildo Quintino Alves the beach volleyball ground renter), about the revival the third age (Terezhina Montero and her dancing club, Miguel Carmon, the 60 years old surfer or Don Cristiano the samba dancer).

Lyon, for the love of good food: Since 1935 and thanks to the famous culinary critic Curnonsky, Lyon holds the title of "Gastronomic Capital of the World". The city may have known how best to preserve and showcase its traditions, but its gastronomic landscape is today becoming increasingly diversified as it opens the door to new trends.

Beginning of the journey in Syracuse (Sicily): Tiga goes to the market where she meets Marco Cappuccio, the fishmonger and guitarist who is singing.Then Tiga and Marco walk through Ortygia, the old town of Syracuse: they see the Apollo's temple (built in 4th century before Christus) and arrive at a terrace where they enjoy the sight on the the Porto Grande of Syracuse.Then they see Artemisia's Fountain .They arrive at the Piazza del Duomo and visit the cathedral ( former temple of the goddess Athena), later they go to the shop of Alfredo Mauceri , a puppeteer who makes puppets and they visit the puppet theater . finally they go to a restaurant and eat a tuna tuna sandwich. Then Tiga travels to Toarmina: she goes to the shop of Roberto, the king of the "cannoli" and tastes a cannolo filled with ricotta , almonds, orange and lemon.After that she goes to the the shop "Don Corleone" where she meets Antonio Forlin, the potter who makes pottery heads ( a Sicilian tradition), they walk through the town and look at the heads in the buildings and they go to the Greek-Roman Theater of Taormina.Then Tiga invites Antonio to a helicopter flight over the Etna Volcano.Later Tiga is in Ragusa where she meets Heloïse Hascoët and they walk through the town looking at the Baroque architecture of the buildings: they see the Duomo of San Giorgio (many rich Silicians have built there own churches),then they meet Damiano Rotello, the painter of the famous Silician Charriots,They meet also Corrado Arrezzo who invites them to visit his castle.,Later they go to the restaurant where they meet Salvatore Puglisi, the husband of Heloïse, they eat mackerels and prawns prepared with butter.Later they Tiga and Heloïse visit the castle of the Arrezzo family.After that Tiga travels to Enna where she meets Maurizio Stellino (Mandorleto Estate): they make a horseback riding through the countryside and Tiga tastes almonds.In the night the family shares with Tiga a margherita pizza and a dish of eggplants. Besides we see zooms about the fishermen of Sicily, about Claire Coupel, the diving guide, about Annalisa the marine biologist, about the humorist Luca Vullo and the sign language in Sicily, about the Etna Volcano ( Roberto the guide, Andrea Passanisi the avocado farmer), about Catania, about Fabio d'Agata, about the restoration of the palaces in Palermo, and about the National Park of the Madonie ( the birds and the gorges).

Beginning of the journey in Cape Town: on a hill near Cape Town Ismaël meets Siviwe Mbinda, they look around and see the Table Mountain, the Robben Island and also the Cape Town Stadium at Green Point (built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup), then they cross the famous neighborhood of Bo-Kaap with the colorful houses: in the butchery Armand Viljoen proposes them the "bilton", dried meat of beef, kudu or springbok.Then Siviwe and Ismaël speak about the apartheid and they go to the township of Longa where Siviwe is born: They meet Isabella Nordenfjord, the companion of Siviwe and visit the township: in a container a family has installed a Beauty Hair Salon, then they go to the Happy Feet center where young boys and girls of the township learn traditional dances.In the other great township of Khayelitsha the violinist Maria Botha, who has lived in France and returned to South Africa, helps the young boys and girls to learn playing violin and the Ziz Zap Association is helping young boys and girls to become circus acrobats.Later Ismaël and Siviwe have a paragliding flight over Cape Town.Then Ismaël travels by airplane to Port Elizabeth and by car to Kirkwood where he meets Laurence Armand who manages the "Molo Lolo" guesthouse which is also a cooking school.At the butchery of Kirwood they buy Kudu meat and Laurence shows Ismaël the traditional Xhosa huts for the guests.On the next day Ismaël goes to the Addo National Park with Emmanuel Paradaza, a ranger and guide: they see in the savanna elephants, kudus, lions , buffaloes and zebras.Back to the guesthouse Ismaël and the young cook Cindy Madini harvest lettuce and coriander and prepare the supper, eland meat with millet paste, vegetables and sauces.Then Ismaël returns to Cape Town: in Boulders (Table Mountain National Park) he sees the African penguins at the seaside and then with Peter Van der Linde he visits the Penguin rescue center.Finally Ismaël travels to Stellenbosch and meets there Viviane Kleynhans, who manages with her sisters a vineyard and produces wine: the government helped African people to enter in the wine industry: Ismaël and Viviane taste a Chardonnay wine. Besides we see zooms about the former yacht of Jacqueline Onassis who has been transformed into a luxury hotel, about the "Pride of Africa" a luxury train traveling from Cape Town to Tanzania, about the Inverdoorn animal rescue center managed by Damien Vergnaud in which they protect the white rhinoceros and cheetahs (two endangered species of animal), about the sports in Cape Town (soon in the morning the people enjoy practicing yoga, aerobics, paddle board, surfing and kite surfing and about the great white shark (shark spotters are observing every day the sea near Muizenberg and publish advice for the swimmers and surfers) and the cage diving business.

A nice excursion from Gustavia in the Saint-Barthélémy island (the meeting with Carole Gruson-the Ti-Saint Barth- manager-, the talk about the story of the island-a former Swedish colony , now "collectivité d'outre-mer", the arrival of the Rockfeller family and other celebrities-, the port , the "Plage du Gouverneur", the hotel managed by Bertrand Charneau, the visit of a high standing villa, the meeting with the fisherman Daniel Magras-the "mahi-mahi fish", the walk with Hélène Bernier-the challenge of protecting the nature- , the ambiance of cabaret at the Ti-Tavern and the moment at the cemetery Lorient with the fans of Johnny Hallyday) to Roseau in the Dominica (the meeting with Nahjle LaFloufa, the market-the sorrel or Hibiscus tea-, the left hand traffic, the arrival at Lauda and at the ecolodge, the hiking through the fern trees forest to Fresh Water lake, the meal prepared by aunt Claudette-smoked meat and red beans-, the meeting with Rosemund and Essa LaFloufa, the vegetable garden, the goats, the walk to the Victoria Falls and the coffee prepared by Moses -Rastafari cafe- and the boat tour for observing the sperm whales) passing by the travel in the sailboat of François and Nathalie from Saint-François to Marie-Galante (the workshop of Anne-Murielle Brouard, the making of indigo and the dying with indigo). Besides we see zooms about the services for the tourists in Saint-Barthélémy (the fishermen and the lobsters for the restaurants, the management of the yacht port , the Superyacht Saint-Barth company), about the ceramic panels of Véronique, about Jean-Martin the sculptor using metallic nuts, about the birds in Saint Barthélémy and Dominica (Jean-Jacques Rigaud and the migratory birds, Bertrand-Baptiste and the sisserou or Dominican amazon) and about the Rastafarian community in Dominica.

Beginning of the journey in the desert of Baja California: Ismaël and Rodrigo are on a horseback riding through the cactus of the desert and meet a French couple; Jean-Christophe Arbonne and Marjorie Benneton who manage a room for tourists.In La Paz Rodrigo , a marine biologist and Ismaël take a boat, they go near the island of Espiritu Santo (a volcanic island and an Unesco world heritage site) and are snorkeling among the California sea lions.After this excursion they eat clams in a restaurant in La Paz.The next day Ismaël goes with Jean-Christophe in the desert to look for sour pitayas and later they have supper in the house of Jean-Christophe and Marjorie: beef empanadas and beef burrito with a tomato and chili sauce.In Puebla Ismaël meet Noemi Merab Ensisco Meza in a candies shop (there are many candies shops in this town): they go to the gallery of potteries and see the pottery workshop.Later they travel to San Pedro de Choluca: they visit the church build upon an Aztec pyramid: from there they can see the Popocatepetl volcano and Noemi tells the Aztec legend about this volcano.Then they go to the market where they buy "chile Mulato", plantain bananas.Ismaël meets then Doña Catalina, Noemi' mother who will prepare the mole poblano: a sauce prepared with peanuts, almonds, the chili, tomatoes, garlic and onions.As a tradition a group of musicians has arrived at the house (the food is better when prepared with the sound of music) and Ismaël enjoys an excellent mole poblano.Now Ismaël is in Mexico City, he meets Fernando Martinez Zavala, owner of the "Yuban" restaurant: on the Zocalo they can see how people receive the smoke of herbs as a cleansing ritual, they see also traditional Aztec dances, a group of men and woman practices aerobics and they take part to the aerobics.Fernando has a surprise for Ismaël: the go to a market and visit a shop selling insects: they eat two types of insects.Finally Fernando prepares for Ismaël squid with a sauce of corn and tomatoes and a topping ant's eggs. Besides we can see a reporting about Mexican food: Rocio Vazquez, a culinary guide shows to the tourists the best street foods of Mexico City (tacos for example).In San José de Cabo the chef Enrique Silva shows to his guests his garden and then the guests prepares with him dishes with fresh vegetables. We visit also the Sea of Cortez; there we meet Juan Higuera , a fisherman who takes care for the environment and Thierry Lannoy , a diving coach who leads the tourists to dive among a shoal of fishes. Later we visit Todos Santos where Elizabeth Ibarra has a farm and grows strawberries, green beans and herbs and where Henry Morgan, an American Citizen lives now and paints the landscapes of this place.There is also an interesting zoom about the mezcal, a beverage made with agave : Carlos Moreno, a barman explains to his students the different types of mezcal and they taste this beverage: in the countryside Adriano and Lucio , two agave farmers harvest the agave and show how they distillate into mezcal.And last visit,the "Central de Abasto" a huge center in Mexico City where about 90.000 people are working receiving agricultural products from all Mexico and also selling them to wholesalers and restaurants: we meet there Ernesto Oswaldo Oliva Rica , owner of the restaurant "Lorea" who shows the huitlacoche, a fungus which grows in the corncobs and it's part of the traditional Mexican food.

Sophie Jovillard takes us to explore the Cotentin, a peninsula surprisingly similar to Ireland, at the farthermost tip of Normandy. At the , towering Cap de la Hague cliffs alternate with small sandy beaches. On the peninsula's northern shores, Cherbourg is a dynamic maritime city with a rich military past.