Honfleur-Hotel Recommendation
 

We plan to visit the Normandy area, battle sites, etc. in late June. We are told that Honfleur is a good vacation stop. We would appreciate hotel recommendations and time estimate to drive from Honfleur to Normandy Beach sites. <BR> <BR>Thanks.

Here's teh list of urls I generated when we were contemplating Honfleur last autumn. I *think* we'd settled on Le Cheval Blanc before our plans changed. Please have a good time for us too! And post your recommendations when you return:)

Actually posting them would help too! <BR> <BR>http://www.hotel-honfleur.com/ <BR>http://www.honfleur.com/http://www.f...adiligence.htm <BR>http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/h14600dauphin.htm <BR>http://www.normandy-tourism.org/gb/0...harm/left.html <BR>http://www.lerapporteur.fr/gt/franca.../absinthe1.htm <BR>http://www.honfleur.net/ <BR>http://www.normandy-resa.com/ <BR> <BR>

We, too, are going to Honfleur in March and our first choice was Le Cheval Blanc but it was full. So we e-mailed Hostellerie du Chat and le Dauphin, neither of which had the courtesy to reply so we are staying at Hotel de la Tour, which I think is kind of a motel 6 type outfit (though 3-star). Try Le Cheval Blanc--maybe this early they won't be full.

I will be going to Honfleur this fall. We will be staying at La Ferme Saint-Simeon. web site: www.relaischateaux.fr/simeon <BR>I stayed at the Chateau d'Audrieu for two nights last May. Very good location for viewing the Normandy sites. <BR>The other Relais & Chateaux place in Honfleur is La Chaumiere. See www.reliaschateaux.fr/chaumiere <BR>Enjoy Normandy, it has great food, except for the andoille. <BR>For direction and time I used a web site, I think it was something like ite.fr <BR>Sorry hope someone else can answer. <BR>Have fun.

Several years ago stayed at Hotel Lechat with its nice rooms, and flower filled window boxes right on the market/church square. We liked staying right in town rather than outside town, especially as we had parking available. Last year when we drove to Honfleur just for a few hours we thought we'd never find a place to park.

I was also piqued by this posting, though we, like Patrick, prefer to stay in town. (I gather it is very busy in summer) You can do a search above for the rest of the thread. <BR> <BR>Author: Ismael ([email protected]) Date: 1/31/2000, 1:49 pm ET <BR> Message: Deena, you must consider a lovely small hotel at Pennedepie, 5 miles south of Honfleur - Hotel Le Romantica -. It is a logis, a small hotel managed by the family who owns it. It has a good restaurant with regional cuisine, 2 pools (in and outside),etc. We had a good room with a veranda with a beautiful view of the Seine river estuary and the city of Le Havre. We paid only F370 (= US$60). It is affiliated to Logis de France and they have a website: www.logis-de-france.fr Enjoy it, Ismael <BR>

Sorry, I meant my interest was piqued. (I hate it when you click on POST just as you see a mistake!)

Honfleur does'nt offer much, a boat basin, that's about it. A nice stop but not an overnighter, better to continue on to Trouville, a Casino, moules and frites. The D-Day beaches don't start until south of Ouistreham. A good stop is at Arromanches, great museum and you can see Churchill's harbor. Can't help on drive time, we bicycled from St. Mere Eglise to Honfleur. Of course a must see is Pnte du Hoc.

Maybe some of us LIKE boatbasins? *grin*

It was quite a while ago but the Ferme San Simeon was out of this world! It's not directly in the little town. Quiet and restful--several small buildings--we were in a coach house type place. Plan to eat there as well. My husband still talks about the moules.

I spent one night in Honfleur this past October at the Hotel L’Ecrin, 19 rue Eugène Boudin tel 0231144345 fax 0231892441. <BR>http://www.karenbrown.com/franceinns/hotellecrin.html <BR> <BR>The main building is quite something, with kind of "over the top" decor in the public rooms. The garden is lovely. We were quite happy in the annex, and the rate was very reasonable (about 450 FF for a twin.) <BR>

We stayed at the Hotel LeChat last September. It was very charming and was in a great location. Think we used the hotel reservation service on France.com to get the reservation.

Thanks for the advice on hotel in Honfleur. Other recommendations in Normandy will be appreciated as well.

Anthony, <BR>Besides Honfleur, I have two other favorite places in Normandy. One is Rouen, the old capital of Normandy. Nice first night stop. Get a hotel on the Rue Gros Horloge. The other is Le Mont St. Michel, but only if you stay overnight on the Mont. It isn't worth it during the day with all the tour bus crowds. At night, most of the tourists have left,monastery is dramatically lit up, quiet pervades, and the magic of "la merveille" begins. We stayed at La Mere Poulard. (02-33-60-14-01) A beautiful room overlooking the ocean. The other hotel that is recommended is Les Terrasses Poulard. More expensive room have the view and fireplace.(02-33-60-14-09) Book early. Check out the grocery stores for wine, cavaldos, gran manier etc.

To Richard: This probably could be a separate post, but your comment about Honfleur being only a boat basin and only worthy of one night calls for a comment from me. We all have different opinions, but here is mine. I love a town like Honfleur for a base for three nights or so? Why? Not because there's a lot to see or do there, there isn't, but because it is such a nice place to get up in the morning, stroll around as the locals are going to the market, buying pastries, having morning coffee down by the boat basin, etc. Leave during the day when the busses of day trippers come in, then return in the late afternoon. There are scores of bars and restaurants around that very pretty harbor giving a wide range of competively priced dining options--many of them quite good -- they have to be due to the competition. The town is wonderful for a nice stroll as the fishing boats come in and unload or market their catches. Or a wonderful late night stroll under moonlight along the water's edge, a nightcap along the harbour, and a stroll through the quaint cobbled hilly streets of shops, now closed and quiet. Towns like Honfleur are my favorite experiences in France (or elsewhere) as they afford the opportunity to feel a part of the atmosphere of colorful small town living.

Thank you Patrick for taking the time to say what I was thinking:) And now I *really* want to get there:)

Stuck at work late waiting for friends who I am meeting here for dinner has given me the chance to dig deep into past posts I have missed... <BR> <BR>Thanks Patrick for your lovely comments, they reflect my reasons for choosing Honfleur exactly... <BR> <BR>We have booked 2 rooms (going with friends) in the Cheval Blanc for May for my husband's 30th bday, 2 nights. And another 2 nights in a small auberge in Yvetot... <BR> <BR>Cant wait!

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I'm not sure why this was topped, but it is the second time today I started reading and suddenly thought, &quot;those are my thoughts exactly&quot;, then realized it was my very old post. At least my opinions haven't changed in the year and a half plus since this was written.

Has anyone tried to contact the Hostellerie Lechat lately? I tried to and apparently they have rennovated and are reopening with a new name, new email site. They are not, however, replying to my request for room. I guess I will try the other old stand-bys. Anyone have any info or suggestion?

I missed this thread first time around. I'm surprised no one has mentiond the Hotel Absinthe. There is a great modern art gallery, a museum and a tour of Satie's House amoung lots of things to do there. You can splurge up on the hill at the &quot;St Simeon&quot; for up scale dining or have more fun by the water at one of the cafes.(this I preferred.) Lots of shops for women who are into that.

How many days would you spend in Honfleur? We are staying for 5 days in Dordogne, then heading up through Brittany, staying in Dinan, then Bayeux for 2 days. We want to see Rouen and Giverny as well before we fly back out of CDG. So would 1 or 2 days be better in Honfleur

There is a wonderful country inn just on the outskirts of Honfleur, the Manoir du Butin. We had a marvelous dinner there one evening and wished we would have stayed in the hotel.

If you are going to spend a couple days in Honfleur, I would recommend stopping at a couple of small towns up the road on the coast -- Fecamp where the monks make the B&amp;B -- great tour, and Etretat, a great seacoast town, and have lunch and walk up the beach.There's a rock formation to the left of the coast -- great views. ((b))

I was part of a tour this summer in France and we spent a day in Honfleur. I am not sure it is worth more than a day. We were there on market day which was great. The village is so charming and colorful. It makes a great stop on the way to the Normandy beaches, but again, not sure about staying there for multiple days. Enjoy! :)

it's a great place to stay if you want to go to trouville, Deauville and futher on to the delightful coast and then to the Normandy beasch sites.

Wren--Coming from Bayeux you probably do not need more than an overnight stay in Honfleur. Arrive in the late afternoon, enjoy the harbor and town, maybe see a couple of museums the next morning (there's a local folk object museum and a Boudin museum in addition to the Satie museum) before having lunch and going on to Rouen. With that schedule, even taking the route des chaumi&egrave;res you probably will get to Rouen in time to see the late afternoon sun on the cathdral, &agrave; la Monet.

This thread is almost 2 years old - Anthony....if you are out there, what did you do???

Once again, your info is exactly what I wanted! Thanks..I will take it to heart! I think we have found a small bed and breakfast in Honfleur which sounds like our style. OK, since you all did so well on the last request... for our next to last day...visit most of the day in Honfleur, arrive late afternoon and stay overnight in Rouen, spend next day until after lunch there, and on to Giverny for the afternoon. Then that very last night we stay near CDG (Ibis, I think)...I know many encourage one last night in the city, but we will have already been there. I know the last few days will be a lot of moving, but the rest of the trip we will be staying in one place for quite awhile. Comments? Criticisms? Thanks...Suggestions on places to stay??

In our last 2 day stay in Honfleur, our best meal was at the Manoir du Butin. The other was at L'Absinthe.

Thanks, Ron. I will write those names down to use while there.

In case anyone is interested. . . my husband and I just returned from a trip to France last week. We stayed at Le Cheval Blanc in Honfleur and have to say that we were EXTREMELY disappointed. The hotel had been highly recommended in guide books but we found that it was just not worth the expense. The location on the harbor was no better than other hotels - especially since the windows are so small and hidden by drapes that you could not take advantage of the view. The room appeared to be very worn and the worst of it was the convex (or concave?) bed - my husband and I kept rolling into the center all evening. Very disappointing - and expensive! I do have to say that the receptionist was very helpful however.

We stayed in Honfleur at the Ferme saint -simeon we were dissappointed in the lodging and the destination. the hotels view of the water is a refinery in the distance,that we were not expecting.It is also a few hour drive to the Normandy beach area. Instead of staying in Honfleur you should consider Deauville which is much nicer then you could drive the few miles to honfleur for a quick look,that's all the time it requires.

La ferme St-Simeon--best oysters I've ever had. Best filet of sole. Unforgettably good seafood. Crisp, delicious wine. Gorgeous flower gardens (though we had just come from seeing the gardens at Monet's house in nearby Giverny). Great experience.

If good food is your only criteria then go to Saint simeon,if you require more from a destination then pass for the reasons i stated above.You can get good food at any destination.