NORMANDY HOLIDAY HOMES AND COTTAGES | Normandy self catering holiday rental houses, gites and cottages. Search the Rent in France property rental directory for various holiday homes to rent in Normandy. Choose from a number of self catering holiday cottages, gites and farmhouses to rent all over the Normandy region. It is an historic region with interesting architecture, attractive coastline and a beautiful countryside of rocky crags and deep river gorges which are ideal for watersports. Normandy is divided for administrative purposes into two regions: Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) consists of the French departements of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) of the departements of Orne, Calvados, and Manche. Le Havre, Caen and Rouen are the three main cities in this region. Stay in a self catering Normandy holiday rental and be sure to experience the Fish and seafood that are of superior quality in the region. Turbot and oysters from the Cotentin Peninsula are major delicacies throughout France. Normandy is the chief oyster-cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France. The region is also famous for its racehorses and has many top breeding stables.