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Treasures of the flowered coast and the Seine valley

Day 1 : HONFLEUR - PONT-AUDEMER (108 on 286 km)

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Honfleur has inspired the painters, the writers and the musicians. There you will amble in the old town with its streets lined with half timbered houses and you will taste a bowlful of cider in on the old harbour facing the tower of Sainte-Catherine church.

In the evening you will rest in the Manoir of Butin nestled at the heart of a 2 hectare park a XVIII th century home overlooking the Seine estuary. This itinerary follows the Grâce Coast then the Norman corniche at the heart of a lavish vegetation.

The Trouville landscapes have attracted numerous painters. Nearby Deauville and its boards, the image of which is inextricably linked to Claude Lelouch’s film « Un homme et une femme ».

All along the Côte Fleurie the sea side resorts follow one another. You will discover an outstanding panorama between Villers-sur-Mer and Houlgate as well as the Houlgate cottages, witnesses of the sea side architecture from the end of the XIX th century.

After having travelled along the Dives estuary you will reach the swamp road at the level of the Cricqueville-en-Auge Renaissance castle. Its checkered façade of stones and bricks remains typically Norman.

On the Lisieux road you will distinguish the delightful village of Beuvron-en-Auge and its half timbered houses, the chapel of Clermont which overlooks the pays d'Auge bocage and the former Cistercian abbey of Val Richer.

Thérèse Martin did affirm her faith in the very valley of Touques. Her canonization launched the Lisieux fame.

You will follow the Calonne valley to reach the apple tree circuit at on the banks of the Risle.

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