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Belle Époque Architecture
Normandy's coastline is peppered with swathes
of gorgeous villas, lavish hotels, swanky casinos
and picture-perfect beach huts, legacies of its
late-19th- and early-20th-century resort towns
on Côte Fleurie (p252). Deauville's lavish hotels
and 1920s beach huts (each named after an actor)
are unmissable, while in Houlgate, a number of
sumptuous seaside villas are beauti fully pre-
EXPERIENCE Normandy Honfleur (p252) is known for its “Anglo-Norman”-
served. One of the coast’s most alluring spots,
style grand villas and opulent seafront hotels.

INSIDER TIP
Star Struck
Each year thousands
of visi tors flock to this
pretty town for the star-
studded Festival du Film
Asiatique de Deauville
(www.deauville asia.
com) and the Festival
du Cinéma Américain
de Deauville (www. The Hotel Normandy,
festival-deauville.com). one of Deauville's
magnificent hotels

NORMANDY'S
PARISIAN

RIVIERA

Dubbed the “Parisian Riviera”, due to its proximity to the capital, the pretty
stretch of Normandy coastline between Étretat and Cabourg became a
favourite summer spot for northern France’s glitterati in the late 19th
century – and it remains so to this day.

Suave Casinos
Elegant casinos bear witness to
the Côte Fleurie’s decadent past.
Opened in 1912, the splendid Casino
Barrière Deauville (www.casinos-
barriere.com) is richly deco rated
with crystal chan deliers and marble.
The Cabourg (www.casino cabourg.
com), built in 1862, once played host
to some of France’s most famous
chanteurs. Enjoy a drink in its bar,
La Belle Époque, to fol low in
the footsteps of Edith Piaf.

The sumptuous seafront
Casino Barrière Deauville

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