Tour of the Normandy

Tour of the Normandy 2

Cities visited Rouen, Etretat, Giverny, tasting Norman cheeses, cider, and calvados.

We leave in the first city of Rouen, the road will take about 1.5 hours during which time you see a documentary film about the historic Normandy region lasting 1.5 hours. And here we are on the spot, the driver (accompanying) will show you all the sights of the city and the main sites of the city and tell the story of your choice brings you to a tasting of cheese, wine, and calvados. Also, you can accompany a professional guide (depending on the chosen tariff)

Rouen - the city of a hundred towers, a hundred bells, and a hundred museums. But the main thing here - timelessness, narrow streets of half-timbered houses, sharp roof, shutters, flower pots of geraniums. And if we remember that most of these house icons 500-600 years ... The city was conquered by the Normans in 841 and in 896 became the capital of Normandy. After the Normans ruled the English kings. Only Philip II Augustus during the 'just war' against vassal, a role which will of fate turned out to be the king of England, John Lackland, in 1204, winning over Normandy. Rouen resisted for 40 days and then came into the possession of the King of France. Rouen was surrounded by oak forests, so the houses are built of wooden skeletons, which are then laid the stone. The resulting solution and daubed walls painted. Now the streets of Rouen resemble children's watercolor.

After walking around the city the way we are, in a beautiful town of Etretat, where we stop for lunch, off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Here paradise for gourmet’s seafood will be served the freshest oysters, mussels, crabs, lobsters, fish, and so on. D. After the second Normandy Brittany seafood supplier in France!

Etretat (Etretat) - amazing corner of Upper Normandy, located in a cozy place among cliffs Alabaster coast (Cote d'Albatre) in the Maritimes department of Seine (Seine-Maritime). Tourists coming here in the whole world, and admire the beautiful nature of these places. Today Entreat , this is one of the most visited places in France, and at the same time on the streets is not seen crowds of tourists in the city, all is quiet and calm.

In the past, Etretat was a small fishing village, but in the early 19th century, these amazing landscapes discovered the Impressionist painters, composers and other creative individuals. For inspiration here came the famous writers and artists. The modest town turned into a luxurious resort with a theater and a casino. Writers Dumas, Hugo, Maupassant and Carr lived here a long time, and artists praised the city in his paintings - Corot, Boden, Delacroix, Monet and Manet. In 1906, on the hill was built a golf course, with stunning views of the sea. Still, the main attraction of Etretat - this natural splendor of the white cliffs projecting into the sea and forming a vast arch. You can admire the cliffs and top with customs Trail that runs along the coast, and below them strolling along the deserted beaches between the ridges of rocks at low tide.

After a delicious lunch, we rested under the impression from the town of Etretat go to the next on our way to the lovely village of Giverny where we will see the garden of Claude Monet and many more interesting things !!!

Giverny (Giverny) - is a village in Upper Normandy, where now there is a stunning park-museum of Claude Monet (Claude Oscar Monet) (1840-1926): his manor house and a beautiful garden. In  Giverny many special attractions, most of which are somehow connected with the name of Claude Monet and Impressionism: besides the home and garden of Monet, Giverny in the vicinity you can see the Museum of Impressionism, a bronze bust of Monet, as well as the old church to the burial of the artist and his family . In addition, scenic Giverny laid a number of hiking trails: these routes allow better acquainted with the beautiful nature of this region.

After all seen and heard the day, we return to Paris, the road will take 45-60 minutes.