[At Serquiny turn off to Evreux,
26 miles. Fare from Serquiny,
4frs. 60c. (3s. 9d.) Hotel:
Grand Cerf.]
ROUEN
(Pop. 103,000). Hotels: d’Angleterre,
d’Albion,
&c. (none first-rate,
generally
full of English people.)
Rouen to Havre by the Seine; or by Rly.
List of the WATERING-PLACES OF NORMANDY, from east to west, with a few notes for Visitors.
Dieppe (Pop. 20,000).—Busy seaport town—fashionable
and expensive
during the season—good
accommodation facing the sea—pretty rides
and drives in the neighbourhood—shingly
beach, bracing air.
HOTELS: Royal, des Bains, de Londres, &c. Ry. to Paris.
Fecamp (13,000).—A dull uninteresting town,
inns second-rate and
dear, in summer—situated
on a river, the town reaching for nearly
a mile inland.
HOTELS: de la Plage, des Bains, Chariot d’Or. Ry. to Paris.
Etretat (2000).—Romantic situation—bracing
air—rocky coast—shingly
beach—only
two good hotels—a few villas and apartments—no
town—very
amusing for a time.
HOTELS: Blanquet, Hauville, Dil. to Fecamp, and Havre.
Havre (75,000).—Large and important seaport
on the right bank of the
Seine—harbour,
docks, warehouses, fine modern buildings, streets,
and squares—picturesque
old houses and fishing-boats on the
quay—bathing
not equal to Dieppe or Trouville.
HOTELS: de l’Europe, de l’Amiraute,
&c., and Frascati’s on the
sea-shore. Ry.
to Paris; Steamboats to Trouville, &c.
Honfleur (10,000).—Opposite Havre, on the
Seine—old and picturesque
town—pleasant
walks—English society—sea-bathing,
“mais quels
bains,” says
Conty, “bains impossible!” Living
is not dear for
residents.
HOTELS: du Cheval Blanc, de la Paix, &c. Ry. to Paris.
Trouville (5000 or 6000).—Fashionable and
very dear at the best
hotels—ample
accommodation to suit all purses—good
sands—splendid
casino—handsome villas, and plenty of apartments.
Less bracing than Dieppe
or Etretat.
HOTELS: Roches-Noires, Paris, Bras d’Or, &c. Ry. to Paris.
Deauville.—A scattered assemblage of villas
and picturesque
houses—very
exclusive and select, and dull for a stranger—grand
casino—quite
a modern town—separated from Trouville by
the river
Touques.
HOTELS: Grand, du Casino, &c. Ry. to Paris.
Villers-sur-mer.—A pretty village, six
miles from Trouville—crowded
during the season—beautiful
neighbourhood—good apartments, but
expensive—inns
moderate.
HOTELS: du Bras d’Or, Casino, &c. Ry. to Paris.