Updated on 19 October 2020
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If you’re looking for a little inspiration to plan your next horse-riding adventure in Normandy, you’ve come to the right place. With a variety of trails to explore, horse-riding is a wonderful way to experience the destination. To find the perfect ride, click on any of the horse-riding trails below to see distances and difficulty levels.
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Etape 2 La Chevauchée du Pays d'Auge à la Seine : Perrières - Le Billot
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Site du Billot
A 7-hectare park with games for children, petanque and volleyball courts, numerous hiking and mountain bike trails, picnic tables, a cider orchard, a paddock for horses, welcome to the Billot site, a true nature and leisure base. With family, friends or sportsmen, it is the ideal place for a day in the green! Located at 200 meters of altitude, the site also offers you an exceptional panorama on the Valley of Life and the plains of Falaise and Caen.
Gîte communal du Billot
In a quiet and restful environment, this gite is located in the small village of Billot on the heights of a hill. The site offers a beautiful panorama on the Pays d'Auge. The gite is spacious, well equipped with a play area for children upstairs. It is the starting point for many hikes, horseback rides and mountain bike rides. The communal ground located nearby offers games for children (rope pyramid, slide, turnstile, tilting games) as well as a petanque ground and a volleyball and badminton court. Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives (market on Monday), Livarot (cheese factory), Lisieux or the Côte Fleurie will also be unavoidable visits. Horses welcome. Restaurant at 100 meters. Independent gîte. First floor: living room with fitted kitchen, dining area and lounge area (1 sofa and 1 armchair), 2 bathrooms (2 showers and 5 washbasins), 2 toilets, 1 bedroom accessible to the handicapped (former APF standards) (2 single beds 90 cm). Floor: 2 bedrooms (9 single beds 90 cm), play area on the landing. Electric heating. Washing machine. Dishwasher. TV. Shaded lawn with 2 picnic tables and barbecue. Parking nearby.