Deauville, France anyone been?

[Tractor Boy]

We are off to deauville next week, anyone been and any tips on where to go?

[Number 6]

Originally Posted by beemer328

We are off to deauville next week, anyone been and any tips on where to go?

Hi if you are interested in WW2 you are not far from the normady beaches.All on the Normandy coast.

Go to Ouisterham and you can see Pegasus Bridge the site of the Glider landings and you can see the original bridge and museum

Honfleur is very pretty and well worth a visit.
It really depends what interest s you!

[CFS75]

A couple of other suggestions;

Monet's Gardens at Giverney (D5). The gardens and house are well worth a visit. Don't forget your camera!

La Roche-Guyon (D913). This location is en route to Giverney and alongside the Seine. There is a large chateau built against and into a huge rockface. You can explore the chateau and climb up through tunnels to a look out at the top of the cliff. During WWII Rommel used this building as his HQ. It was practically bombproof because of its proximity to the cliff and there were air raid shelters built under the rock.

Colin S

[Tractor Boy]

Excelent, Thanks for the info guys, Im interested in history so these would work well, we are going for the horse sales and racing but have the rest of the week free. my other interests are eating and drinking, any tips on restaurants?

[Number 6]

Originally Posted by beemer328

Excelent, Thanks for the info guys, Im interested in history so these would work well, we are going for the horse sales and racing but have the rest of the week free. my other interests are eating and drinking, any tips on restaurants?

If you want a good mid-day meal look for any Bar that does a Plate de jour(I thinks thats how you spell it) where you can get a starter,main course,sweet,cheese and all the bread you can eat plus a bottle of red wine or water or cider.all for 10/12 euros oh! and coffee.You will pick out the best ones as there is allways a lot of cameons and works vehicles out side
These tend to get used by workers at lunch time,how they work afterwards I dont know.
never been to a bad one

[Thomas]

Its a lovely area I have been a couple of times in various Rovers ! (all made it no problems !)

[Tractor Boy]

sounds good to me number 6, I will look out for them. Thomas, unfortunatley we are taking the caravan so I have to drive the c-max and not the ZT, although the weight limit is ok its only the 1.8 and it struggles to get moving without a caravan so I dont tow with it as the wife refuses to get out and push up hills

[Thomas]

Just fit a turbo while the wife isnt looking !

[Tractor Boy]

Originally Posted by Thomas1983

Just fit a turbo while the wife isnt looking !

would that be to the car or me Thomas?

[majedm75]

Originally Posted by CFS75

A couple of other suggestions;

Monet's Gardens at Giverney (D5). The gardens and house are well worth a visit. Don't forget your camera!

La Roche-Guyon (D913). This location is en route to Giverney and alongside the Seine. There is a large chateau built against and into a huge rockface. You can explore the chateau and climb up through tunnels to a look out at the top of the cliff. During WWII Rommel used this building as his HQ. It was practically bombproof because of its proximity to the cliff and there were air raid shelters built under the rock.

Colin S

It's all been said before and well worth the drive (for Deauville, Honfleur, etc...). Also, the routes around La Roche Guyon and Giverny are my favourites. What's your itinerary (to give you more points of interest on your route?
Here's my car at the famous castle of La Roche Guyon and on the outskirts of La Roche Guyon, just before getting to Giverny.