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Greniers à Sel created in 1517 by François I
"' ⌂ Rue de la Ville after Harfleur’s port, nearby,
# Consult tourist office for silted up. Home to the second-
guided tours (02 31 89 23 30) largest port in the country, it EAT
maintains its seafaring heri-
Musée d’Ethnographie et tage and services container
d’Art Populaire Normand ships and Channel ferries. Le Spinnaker
" ⌂ Quai St-Etienne During World War II the One of Normandy’s
# Apr–Sep: 10am–6pm Tue– town was virtually obliterated finest fish restaurants,
Sun; Oct, Nov & Mar: 2:30– by Allied bombing, but in spite Le Spinnaker is an
5:30pm Tue–Fri, 10am– of a vast industrial zone, which attractive modern spot.
5:30pm Sat & Sun ¢ Dec–Feb stands beside the port, it still ! C2 ⌂ 52 rue Mirabeau,
∑ musees-honfleur.fr has much appeal and attracts Deauville ¢ Mon & Tue
awards for its environmental ∑ spinnaker
Musée Eugène-Boudin record. It is an important deauville.com
" ⌂ Pl Erik Satie, rue de yachting centre, and its beach ¡¡¡
l’Homme de Bois # 10am– has a two blue flag rating
6pm Wed–Mon ∑ musees- (very clean).
honfleur.fr As a result of the bombing, Jean-Luc Tartarin
much of the city centre was Imaginative dishes
Les Maisons Satie rebuilt by a team led by archi- featuring local produce.
" ⌂ 67 blvd Charles V tect Auguste Perret, whose ! C2 ⌂ 73 av Foch, Le
# Mid-Feb–Dec: 10am–6pm towering Église St-Joseph Havre ¢ Mon & Sun
Wed–Mon ¢ Pub hols pierces the skyline. The result ∑ jeanluc-tartarin.com
∑ musees-honfleur.fr has earned the city a presti- ¡¡¡
gious UNESCO World Heritage
listing. On the seafront, the L’Essential
14 Musée Malraux showcases Fresh, light, fabulous
works by, among others, the
Le Havre local artist Raoul Dufy. The Franco-Asian fusion.
city also has France’s biggest ! C2 ⌂ 29 rue Mirabeau,
! C2 ⌂ Seine-Maritime Deauville ¢Tue & Wed
k £ @ g n 186 blvd skatepark, on the seafront. ∑ lessen
Clemenceau; www.lehavre Musée Malraux tiel-deauville.com
tourisme.com
"-= ⌂ 2 blvd Clemenceau ¡¡¡
Strategically positioned on # 11am–6pm Tue–Sun (to
the estuary of the River Seine, 7pm Sat & Sun) ¢ Pub hols
Le Havre (The Harbour) was ∑ muma-lehavre.fr

Natural light flooding in
to illuminate paintings
in the Musée Malraux
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