Étretat

Perched midway along Normandy's Alabaster Coast, Étretat might look like a spot not worth the detour. However, its end-of-the-world site on the Atlantic coast, its spectacular stone formations famously immortalized in paint by the Impressionists, and the village itself—a Fisher-Price toy village lined with houses covered with picturesque 19th-century sculpted figural carvings—all add up to one of France's most amazing, unforgettable destinations. No matter there are no museums there—the entire village could be a museum exhibit.