Honfleur from Étretat

Silvery glare on the Seine and a whiff of dried seaweed in the breeze: the road leaves Étretat’s cliffs and swings toward the estuary. About 45 minutes later the Pont de Normandie, finished in 1995 with an 856 m main span, lifts you into Honfleur—the harbor that schooled Boudin and Jongkind. The Vieux Bassin mirrors timbered facades, the Lieutenancy restored in 2021 tells of Atlantic trade, and wooden Sainte-Catherine keeps time. Then, if you wish, the Flowered Coast: a salt-tanged pause in Pennedepie, or Trouville/Deauville 20–25 km on for Belle Époque boardwalks.

We collect you at your Étretat hotel in a discreet, climate-controlled Mercedes kept at your disposal. Your private chauffeur in Normandy handles the bridge tolls, parking, and the slim lanes to Vasouy or La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur while you sample bay-of-Seine oysters or browse the Eugène Boudin Museum. Stops flex to your rhythm—photos on the bridge overlook, a quay-side stroll, an 11 am old-school café—before looping back via Villerville along the mudflats. Plan for a relaxed 8–9 hours.