The best fashion and gift stores Manche

Right in the middle of the countryside, near Portbail-sur-Mer, you'll find this great women's thrift shop, which opened over two years ago. As they say in the store, you have one store and three options: first, the boutique. It offers sizes from 36 to 56, and is carefully selected: no damaged or poor-quality items here! Secondly, you can exchange your garments for vouchers. Finally, you can rent outfits here. Clever!

It is a vast boutique with sleek lines and design in the pedestrian centre. As its name indicates, Novyi'hour is first specialist in watches. Choice, Size, Price: the references are extremely important, and the development of them is so well thought out that one is dreaming for several minutes in front of the displays. The store also offers some jewellery and accessories, such as lighters and pens. Finally, Novyi'hour allows on-site repair of your watches, as well as a engraving workshop so your most unique objects remain forever!

There are not many professionals left in this field, in an environment where franchises are legion... For a photo repair in less than an hour, we can only recommend Artistic Photo, on the Quai Alexandre-III, right in the city centre, opposite the Bassin du Commerce. Prints, professional advice, film, batteries, but also the possibility of taking photos for special occasions, such as weddings for example: the services offered by the shop are as vast as they are qualitative, with these professionals who have been here for a long time.

In the immediate vicinity of the Mont, while restaurants, hotels and tourist shops are legion, supermarkets and means of obtaining everyday consumer goods are more scarce. And here, more than anywhere else, it is important to anticipate and prepare your visit to the site! Les Galeries du Mont-Saint-Michel is a succession of shops where you'll find just about everything, and which includes several signs: a large bakery / sandwich shop, and a vast store - whose dimensions are reminiscent of a supermarket - where you'll find savoury and sweet products, a bookshop area... nothing is missing. From here, you can take the shuttles (right in front of you) to reach the Mount in a few minutes.

A few years ago, a veritable flagship dedicated to the brand took up residence in the splendid building that once belonged to the Banque de France, facing the port. The factory is located here, and you can of course visit it. But it's also a magnificent boutique, restored in the old-fashioned way, facing the Bassin du Commerce, where you'll also find gourmet products, bags, stoles and other marvels. In short, a must-see on your discovery of the port city.

A change of address for a change of scope: for almost 5 years, Culture Seconde had become one of the city's leading thrift stores - chic and trendy, with carefully selected, sorted, and ironed clothes. Since September 2023, Culture Seconde has moved into a former restaurant near the town hall, where it now offers a triptych that works well: bargain hunting, toasting, and dining! A rendezvous for local fashionistas, it's a must for any shopping trip to Cherbourg.

You will find here, a few kilometres from Coutances, this beautiful leather goods. The workshop offers you tailor-made creations - with a taste and a technique that cannot be denied, like the little bag called "Marinette", the creation of the house - but also the repair and restoration of items. As a bonus, creative workshops are set up here to help you become more familiar with some of the techniques used. A beautiful place.

For your private, professional or institutional events, En'Train Evénements offers an incredible range of services, some of which are rare in the region. Based in La Haye-Pesnel, but radiating throughout France, it offers various activities, divided into 5 branches: En'Train, the historical part that allows you to discover the surrounding places on board a small train, En'Patin, to slide on ice or synthetic skating rinks, but also En'Fête, En'Carnaval and En'Maillot, for your bathing moments. Nothing is missing!

Jewellery, watches and even jewellery pieces, the ensemble set in one and the same place, is the concept of Espace Temps in the commercial centre of Ice. The sign, which will soon celebrate its 20 years, has many faithful, attracted by the red window and the many shops in the store. Ideally located in the commercial gallery, it is a pleasant step by the quality of its welcome and the kindness of the staff. The smartest will have noticed that the change of a wristwatch, or a stack, will take only a few minutes.

You'll find the arms loaded with ancient and contemporary chairs, chandeliers, or trinkets. We can have the opportunity to get down to the right business. You may fall over the bronze and crystal chandelier you're looking for at a truly interesting price. The merchandise between and also comes at a good pace, so it is an address to go frequently. Smart: The more you wait, the lower the price.

A few steps away from the Sainte Mère Eglise site, is QMC (Quinéville Militaria Collectable). At 150 meters from the Memorial of the recovered freedom, collectors, professionals or amateurs are welcome. At the QMC, to maintain the duty of memory is to be able to resell military antiques from 1900 to our days, it is also to satisfy the search for sometimes rare objects: clothing, camouflage outfits, uniforms, decorations, and badges.

A brand new place, and quite a discovery! Chez Mimile is a whole concept located in the heart of Dragey-Ronthon. Emile Comte has decided to offer furniture and clothing in an old renovated stable. The latter, renewed regularly, come from collections from the 1960s to the 1980s in most cases, and are in excellent condition. Equally surprising - and rare - is the furniture offered. Small old nuggets, vintage, and that we find at surprising prices for the quality proposed. We love it!

Le Détour bookstore offers an in-store purchasing service, as well as the possibility of picking up orders in-store. It offers a selection of books in various genres, including detective and thriller. Current favorites include Nicolas Ferraro's Notre dernière part de ciel , translated by Alexandra Carrasco-Rahal. This novel tells the story of Keegan and Zambrano, two drug traffickers whose plane carrying cocaine crashes in Argentina. They must then recover their cargo, which is scattered across the countryside.

Marina, Carentan has obviously what made of dedicated equipment. Among these, Top Nautique, which offer the sale of new boats and occasion, also of engines, an offer for repairs, a guarding and wintering - in short, a whole range of services. The upperworks, cleaning products or clothes are there, and the place also has a dedicated shop.

Here is a brand whose name has the advantage of being clear! Cotentin Nautic, in Saint-Vaast, offers dozens of boats, opportunity or the purchase. Located in the local area Pont des Bernes, it is perfectly complementary to the brand Uship, located rue de Réville, which allows you to have hundreds of references for your boat, enough to allow you to satisfy your marine passion.

A must-see on Boulevard de l'Est with its stylish gray storefront, Élite Moto lives up to its name. Over a large surface area, the shop offers dozens of motorcycles for purchase, as well as the necessary accessories, spare parts, helmets, gloves and clothing dedicated to two-wheeled activities. With dealerships for Suzuki, Kawasaki, CF Moto and GASGAS, the choice is wide, so you're sure to find the bike of your dreams! Note that maintenance and repairs are also part of the possibilities offered by Élite Moto. You've come to the right place!

Tricots Saint-James perpetuates a long textile tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages with its weavers and clothiers. The company's reputation is based on a cult garment, "the true sailor sweater knitted in pure virgin wool", originally intended for fishermen, then adopted by sailors and boaters. Saint-James has received the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) distinction, a label of excellence. You will also find here a store with a display of the collections, and take the opportunity to visit the workshops located next to the store.

Toscane, a brand owned by Armand Welling, invested the part of the former store located at the corner of Schuman Boulevard and Gambetta Street, the women's part of the enseigne, and the male part having migrated to the Eléis. A specialist of large clothing for women, offering sizes ranging from 44 to 52, Tuscany quickly managed to find its clientele in Cherbourg: shirts, dresses, trousers or sweaters are now bought by many women. 

It is a small boutique in the village of Octeville. Optic'Art, on the hill, offers you all kinds of glasses, of course, but also lenses and accessories for your frames, from the étui to the various interviews. Note that here the choice is wide, and the largest brands are all represented. Behind the facade with warm colours, you will be advised and assisted in your choices as it should be.

Véro'broderies is a sewing workshop located in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. They offer a variety of embroidered products such as towels, bath sheets and personalized gloves. They also offer made-to-order services, such as sleeping bags. Véro'broderies accepts payment by cash, credit card, Visa and Mastercard. Parking is also available. This workshop is ideal for those looking for personalized gifts or unique sewing items in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.