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 "St Simeon" 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&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 chaumières you probably will get to Rouen in time to see the late afternoon sun on the cathdral, à 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.