Why go: A celebration a millennium in the making is set among landscapes the Impressionists adored
Normandy captivates travelers with its Gothic cathedrals, seaside resorts, and rolling green pastures speckled with thatched houses. But William the Conqueror made the place pivotal to European history. Born in 1027, William led the cross-Channel conquest of England, recounted in dramatic detail in the embroidered scenes of the Bayeux Tapestry, one of medieval Europe’s most famed works of art.