la seine-maritime
A region of light and contrasts
Seine Maritime, a region of light and contrasts, is bordered by proud and lofty chalk cliffs which look across to England. Its country lanes will take you past the clos masures (farms sheltered by a belt of trees) of the Pays de Caux and the fields and hedgerows of the Pays de Bray, towards that Normandy delight of a cool cider served in the shade of ancient forests. Finish your journey by the Seine, where ferries and bridges link the two banks, arriving finally at Rouen, city of a thousand spires and so dear to Flaubert and Corneille.
Seine Maritime combines unique landscapes like the Seine valley with its majestic meanders, the imposing cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, the islands of greenery that are the farms of the Pays de Caux, and the traditional Normandy scenery: hedgerows and valleys, apple trees and thatched roofs.
Must see: The English garden of the Parc du Bois des Moutiers, at Varengeville sur Mer; Georges Braque's grave, also at Varengeville ; Dieppe with its port and its museum of ivory ; and the ports of Fécamp or Le Tréport, the seaside towns of Veules les Roses, Le Tilleul or Les Petites Dalles ; the Abbeys of Montivilliers and Jumièges; the Parc de Clères; the Manoir d'Auffay; the dovecotes of the Caux country; the Jardin d'Agapanthe at Grigneuseville or the Jardin d'Angélique at Montmain; the Millennium Oak and the Musée de la Nature, the regional Noah's Ark of wild animals and birds at Allouville Bellefosse; Léopoldine Hugo's grave and the Victor Hugo museum at Villequier...
Must try: Real neufchatel cheese from Neufchatel, Le Tréport herrings; trout and salmon from the River Bresle; the ‘marmite dieppoise' (a platter of fish and seafood) in Dieppe; cider and calvados...
For further tourist information, see the website of the Comité Départemental du Tourisme de Seine Maritime : www.seine-maritime-tourisme.com
GITES DE FRANCE SEINE MARITIME
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Please contact directly the Gîtes de France of Seine Maritime and its bookservice:
Gîtes de France Seine Maritime:
Immeuble Chambre d'Agriculture
Chemin de la Bretèque -
BP 59
76 232 BOIS GUILLAUME CEDEX
Tél: 0033 2 35 60 73 34
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