Cherbourg, in Normandy, is a port town with a seafaring history that is second to none. One of the first places that the Titanic visited on its fateful journey and quickly liberated from the Nazis after the Normandy Landings, Cherbourg has a rich and often tragic past.

Walk through the old town of Cherbourg. I did the suggested walk on the map I obtained from the tourist office, which lets you explore the small, medieval, streets of Cherbourg. A rather small area, with with some nice inner courtyards and many, small, stone houses.

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, naval station, fortified town, and seaport in Manche département, Normandy région, northwestern France. It lies along the English Channel, west-northwest of Paris, and is situated at the mouth of the small Divette River on the north shore of the Cotentin peninsula.

Cherbourg is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into the commune of Cherbourg-Octeville on 28 February 2000, which was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin on 1 January 2016.