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Deauville and La Côte Fleurie
Between Honfleur and Cabourg, the Norman coastline becomes a playground:
resorts, casinos, watersports, sunshine, sandy beaches backed by wooded hills.
It all started in Trouville, which triggered the 19th-century rage for sea bathing.
Next comes racy, romantic Deauville - created in the 1860s by a trio of wealthy
entrepreneurs, embellished in 1910 with boardwalk, casino and racecourse.
In contrast, Touques and Dives-sur-Mer have historic links with William the
Conqueror, while stately Cabourg is forever associated with Marcel Proust.
Top 10 Sights
1 Deauville
2 Trouville-sur-Mer
3 Touques
4 Manoir des Evêques
5 Villerville
6 Mont Canisy
7 Falaise des Vaches Noires
8 Houlgate
9 Dives-sur-Mer
0 Cabourg
Trouville market
In Deauville, Bar du
Soleil and Bar de la
Mer on Les Planches
are great for people-
watching. If you are
looking for regional
specialities, try Le
Kraal, overlooking
the marketplace.
Deauville
Racehorses pounding
the beach at sunrise, a
glamorous wooden
boardwalk, the glittering
casino, the sumptuous
Hôtel Normandy, the Bar
du Soleil, the Pompeian
Baths, designer shops,
marinas, racecourses,
extravagant mock-Tudor
villas - a glossy picture.
In Trouville, eat
moules-frîtes
at one
of the many water-
front restaurants,
such as Les Vapeurs.
Dress up to visit
Deauville: it will
make you feel
the part.
Trouville-sur-Mer
In contrast to its
neighbour Deauville,
Trouville exudes a terrific,
happy-go-lucky air - due
in part to its south-facing
waterfront boulevard,
trawlers and fish market,
aquarium, children's
amusements, and
wonderfully florid 1912
casino and town hall.
Access to Deauville
beach is free; its gaily
coloured parasols -
folded in a way
unique to the town -
are, however, quite
expensive to hire.
• Map E3
•
Office du Tourisme: pl
de la Mairie, Deauville.
02 31 14 40 00
• Jardins du Casino,
Cabourg: 02 31 91 20 00
Touques
The vestiges of William
the Conqueror's castle can
be visited at Bonneville,
above his port of Touques.
In the neat town centre
stands the 11th-century
church of St-Pierre
(left)
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For information on Honfleur
See p16
