Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Château de Vandrimare
Each of these contemporary
gardens is devoted to one of the
five senses - sight, smell, sound,
touch and taste. Set in a First
Empire park, they include a maze,
an orangery and over 2,500 plant
species.
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Vandrimare
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Map J3
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Open
Apr-Nov: 2:30-7pm Mon & Fri, 10am-1pm,
2:30-7pm Sat & Sun
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Adm charge
Jardins de Bellevue
Two national collections - of
Meconopsis
(Himalayan blue
poppy) and
Helleborus Orientalis
(Lenten rose) - are included in
these lovely year-round gardens
facing the Forêt d'Eawy
(see
p66)
.
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Beaumont-le-Hareng
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Map J2
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Open 10am-6pm daily
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Adm charge
Parc Zoologique Jean-
Delacour
There's plenty for adults as well
as children in this landscaped
park surrounding the Renaissance
château at Clères. Created in
1920 by naturalist Jean Delacour,
the garden is populated by
flamingoes and exotic ducks,
while in the park, animals such
as kangaroos, antelopes and
gibbons roam in partial freedom.
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Clères
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Map J2
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Open Mar-Sep:
10am-5pm daily (Jul, Aug: 10am-6pm);
Oct, Nov: 1:30-5pm daily
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Adm charge
Jardins de Bellevue
Parc du Bois des Moutiers
Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude
Jekyll created the park and
gardens for Guillaume Mallet, for
whom Lutyens also built the
house in 1898. Between here
and the sea, the
valleuse
(dry
valley) is filled with acid-soil-
loving plants such as rhododen-
drons and azaleas. Artists
including Cocteau, Calder, Monet
and Braque were frequent
visitors in their day.
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Varengeville-
sur-Mer
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Map J1
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Open mid-Mar-mid-
Nov: 10am-7:30pm daily
•
Adm charge
Château de Bosmelet
Built in Louis XIII style in
1632 (and restored after bombing
in 1944), the château is notable
for its “Rainbow Potager”
(vegetable garden), a remarkable
sight in summer. There is also a
superb avenue of 300-year-old
lime trees.
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Auffay
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Map J2
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Open
Jun, Sep, Oct: 1-7pm Fri, Sat & Sun; Jul,
Aug: 1-7pm daily
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Adm charge
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Dieppe
St-Valery-en-Caux
English Channel
Fécamp
8
9
Tôtes
Cherbourg
Etretat
Hermeville
Forges-
les-Eaux
7
Yvetot
Valognes
Le Havre
5
Rouen
Honfleur
6
St-Saveur-
le-Vicomte
Deauville
Cabourg
N13
Pont-
Audemer
Ecouis
3
Bayeux
Tilly-sur-
Seulles
Lessay
2
Caen
Lisieux
Moult
Vernon
St-Lô
4
Bernay
Coutances
Giverny
1
Evreux
Conches-
en-Ouche
Livarot
Thury-Harcourt
50
miles
0
km
50
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