The Netflix series "Lupin" has turned Normandy into a tourist hotspot. With the 50 tips in this book, you're guaranteed to avoid the crowds and instead experience the many facets of a Normandy that holds new experiences and surprises around every bend. And above all, it's "unsolite," as the French say—original, authentic, and beautiful. This journey through the other Normandy begins with the constant ups and downs of the Vélomaritime cycle route, leads to the linen fields of the Vallée du Dun, to shaggy bison in the hinterland of Dieppe, and deep into the farmland of the Pays de Bray, home to Normandy's oldest cheese. In the Seine Valley, irises adorn the gables of old thatched cottages ("chaumières"), and storks nest in the Marais Vernier. The route then leads across the heights of the Perche region to the Norman Switzerland, with its gorges and mountains that reveal their geological history. The countryside tour through Normandy ends at the Couesnon River, which is responsible for the fact that Mont-Saint-Michel now belongs to Normandy, and not, as it once did, to Brittany. Discover 50 hidden gems off the beaten track in the most beautiful corners of Normandy. Welcome! biography Hamburg-based journalist Hilke Maunder has been working as a correspondent in France since the mid-1990s – writing for publications including "Die Welt," "Die Welt am Sonntag," "Brigitte," "Food and Travel," "Handelsblatt," and "Spiegel Online." She is a sought-after expert on the television programs arte and SWR. In 2014, France awarded Maunder, who has a special place in her heart for Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, the Medal of Merit for Tourism. On her blog, "Mein Frankreich" (My France), she shares weekly travel and restaurant tips, as well as interesting and new information from her adopted home. New product