travel42 Port Guide: Caen

travel42 Professional Cruise Port of Call Review

Unlike its neighbor Bayeux, Caen did not emerge from World War II unscathed. Modern Caen stands out from other Norman cities thanks to its architecture, which tends to be much more contemporary than that of Bayeux.

That being said, Caen does still have a very long history, and evidence of its past still remains. Caen was the home city of William the Conqueror, and the Duke of Normandy returned with his wife, Matilda of Flanders, to build the Abbaye-aux-Hommes and Abbaye-aux-Dames, in large par...