Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Honfleur is popular—be ready for crowds on weekends and during summer. All of Hon-
fleur'sengagingstreetsandactivitiesarewithinashortstrollofitsoldport(VieuxBassin).
TheSeineRiverflowsjusteastofthecenter,thehillsoftheCôtedeGrâceformitswestern
limit, and Rue de la République slices north-south through the center to the port. Honfleur
has two can't-miss sights—the harbor and Ste. Catherine Church—and a handful of other
intriguing monuments. But really, the town itself is its best sight.
Tourist Information
The TI is in the flashy glass public library
(Mediathéque)
on Quai le Paulmier, two blocks
from Vieux Bassin toward Le Havre (July-Aug Mon-Sat 9:30-19:00, Sun 10:00-17:00;
Sept-June Mon-Sat 9:30-12:30 & 14:00-18:30, Sun 10:00-12:30 & 14:00-17:00 except
closedSunafternoonOct-Easter;freeWCsinside,payInternetaccess,tel.0231892330,
www.ot-honfleur.fr
)
.Hereyoucanrenta€3.50audioguideforaself-guidedtownwalk,or
pick up a town map, bus and train schedules, and find information on the D-Day beaches.
Museum Pass:
The €10 museum pass, sold at the TI and participating museums,
covers the Eugène Boudin Museum, Maisons Satie, and the Museums of Old Honfleur
(Museum of the Navy and Museum of Ethnography and Norman Popular Art); it pays for
itself with visits to the Boudin and Satie museums (
www.musees-honfleur.fr
)
.
Arrival in Honleur
By Bus:
Get off at the small bus station
(gare routière),
and confirm your departure at the
helpfulinformationcounter.ToreachtheTIandoldtown,turnrightasyouexitthestation
andwalkfiveminutesupQuailePaulmier.NotethatthebusstoponRuedelaRépublique
By Car:
Follow
Centre-Ville
signs, then find your hotel (easier said than done) and
unloadyourbags(double-parkingisOKforafewminutes).ParkingisaheadacheinHon-
fleur,especially onsummerandholidayweekends.Somehotelsofferparking...foraprice.
Otherwise,yourhotelierknowswhereyoucanparkforfree.ThecentralParkingduBassin
(across from the TI) is pricey (€2/hour, €12/day). Across the short causeway is Parking du
Môle,whichischeaper(only€4/day),butabitlesscentral.ParkingBeaulieuisstillfarther
(take Rue St-Nichol to Rue Guillaume de Beaulieu), but free (see map on
here
for parking
locations). Street parking, metered during the day, is free from 20:00 to 8:00.
