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in the half-timbered house that now contains the museum. Each room is a surreal
surprise - winged pears and self-pedalling carousels are just the start.

Tours

WALKING TOURS
(€6-7) Some of the tourist office's 1½- to two-hour walking tours of Honfleur are in
English, including one that leaves at 3pm every Tuesday and Wednesday in May
and June and from September to mid-October. Atmospheric night-time tours begin
at 9pm Saturday from May to October.

Walking Tour

BOAT TOURS
(adult/concessions €7.50/5) From about March to mid-October you can take a boat
tour from the Avant Port (across the street from the Lieutenance) out to the Seine
Estuary and the Pont de Normandie - look for the Cap Christian, L'Évasion III or the
larger Jolie France .

Boat Tour

Sleeping

LA MAISON DE LUCIE €€
( 02 31 14 40 40; www.lamaisondelucie.com ; 44 rue des Capucins; d €150-220, ste
€315; ) Former home of the novelist Lucie Delarue Mardrus (1874-1945), this
marvellous little hideaway has just 10 rooms and two suites, the latter decorated
with a mixture of antiques and contemporary objets d'art from far-off lands.

Boutique Hotel

HÔTEL L'ÉCRIN €€
( 02 31 14 43 45; www.honfleur.com/default -ecrin.htm; 19 rue Eugène Boudin; d
€100-180, ste €250; ) This lavish Norman manor house is stuffed with porcel-
ain, oil paintings and antique furniture, re-creating the opulence of times long past.
The 30 rooms, which have thoroughly modern bathrooms, retain touches of the
1800s - alongside flat-screen TVs hung on the walls like oil paintings.

Historic Hotel

LES MAISONS DE LÉA €€
( 02 31 14 49 49; www.lesmaisonsdelea.com ; place Ste-Catherine; d €165-205, ste
€215; ) This beautiful old ivy-clad mansion right on Honfleur's main square and
facing the church has been converted into a very sleek 30-room hotel.

Traditional Hotel