Things to do in Le Havre
Around Le Havre, Notrebellefrance lists 15 tourist sites within 25 km, including 3 towns and cities, 3 museums, 3 natural wonders and 2 beaches. Not to be missed: Honfleur, Les Falaises d'Etretat and Cap d'Antifer.
Honfleur
A historic port on the Seine estuary, with its Vieux Bassin lined with tall half-timbered houses, a source of inspiration for the Impressionist painters.
Les Falaises d'Etretat
The cliffs of Étretat are an exceptional natural site where the spectacle of cliffs cut into arches, needles and pinnacles will take your breath away.
Cap d'Antifer
The extreme tip of Cap d'Antifer cannot be passed at sea level, even at low spring tide. It is therefore one of the few points on the coast where the foot of the cliff remains inaccessible.
Les Falaises des Vaches Noires
The Vaches Noires in Normandy (Calvados, France) are cliffs made mainly of clays and glauconitic chalk.
Musée Malraux
Abbaye de Montivilliers
Located north of the Seine, halfway between Honfleur and Étretat, Montivilliers abbey is among the most beautiful and prestigious abbeys of Normandy.
Naturospace
In the largest tropical butterfly greenhouse in France, kept at 28°C, the most extraordinary species rival in shape and colour the most exotic flowers.
Plage de Deauville
An elegant beach on the Côte Fleurie, known for its Planches, colourful parasols and cabins bearing the names of stars.
Paléospace l'Odyssée
A museum for the whole family to discover palaeontology. The evolution of the earth, fossils, dinosaurs...
Aquabowling des Falaises
Clos Arsène Lupin
Plage d’Etretat
This beach stretches between the Falaise d'Aval and the Falaise d'Amont that frame the pretty pebble beach of Étretat.
Les Jardins d'Étretat
The Étretat gardens offer the most beautiful view of the sea and the famous needle. The property was for sale; a very rich Russian and his partner, a renowned landscape designer, bought it to make a fairy-tale garden.
Le Havre
A great Norman port entirely rebuilt in concrete after the war by Auguste Perret, whose town centre is classified as UNESCO World Heritage.
Deauville
A chic seaside resort of the Côte Fleurie, famous for its wooden Planches along the beach, its cabins bearing star names and its American film festival.