megt

Domaine Saint-Hippolyte is unfortunately currently closed -- we tried to go yesterday. We enjoyed Le Moulin St Georges just past Honfleur towards Deauville and have heard great things about La Fleur de Sel and Bistro des Artistes in Honfleur.

Mimar

We liked Le Pommier in Bayeaux.

jacolis

Hi,

We had a terrific lunch in Caen at "La Cave a Huitres". It was a few minutes' drive from the train station. Delicious seafood.

We also enjoyed dinner at La Rapiere in Bayeux.

We spent a day touring the pays d'auge - loved the jardins du pays d'Auge, Cambremer (you can do a tasting at Pierre Huet) and Beuvron-en-auge. We also stopped near Bayeux at another place called Ferme de Billy to try various ciders, calvados, pommeau. We didn't stop at the various cheese towns (I forget the main cheeses - Pont l'eveque, camembert...) but there should be some info on the "route de cidres" website. Bon appetit!

Mimar

While in Pays-d'Auge, check out the Chateau de St. Germain de Livet, a cute small checkerboard chateau: http://www.frenchchateau.net/chateau...-de-livet.html

laurie23

I'm not sure if this thread is still live but would love to know how you liked Gill? We are goi g to be there in April and have reserved a meal there as well as lunch the next day at Rodolphe. Any input appreciated!

Judy

We had an excellent lunch at Fleur de Sel in Honfluer.

AGM_Cape_Cod

We enjoyed Gill very much. I will look at home to see if I have any notes on the meal.

laurie23

Oh great- thank you! Also considering Origine for lunch the next day- we are staying at the Bourgethalde as well. This is just an expected bonus week I paris since there was a killer airfare on AF that popped up. We did a day trip to Bayeux last summer and an oppty to eat great food is the main draw for us here (in addition to what Paris has to offer of course!) we will be car-less.
i think we've communicated in the past on other trips- my sister lives on the Cape and so I perk up instantly to any CC people
thanks for any insights or reccs if you had any other outstanding meals.

laurie23

thanks to all that see this in advance. Looking forward to this trip- my first non-June week in Paris. Would love to visit Honfleur as well but since we only have 7 night total on this trip, and no car, we are limiting it to as much as we can eat and see in Rouen

PalenQ

You should start a new post as few respond to threads three years old and you'll get lots of info.

For lots on trains check www.voyages-sncf.com for schedules and fares and specials you can easily book yourself online. Other neat rail sites - www.seat61.com; BETS-European Rail Experts and www.ricksteves.com.

Maybe take train to Rennes - bus to Mont-Saint-Michel - trains to Bayeux for D-Day bse and then to Rouen and back via Giverny (Monet's House and Gardens) to Paris.

laurie23

Thank you so much for the info. I think my post was unclear. We only have a week in Paris so we are spending only one day (one and a half actually) and one night in Rouen and the rest in Paris. In June we were lucky enough to be here for a week and we did the Bayeux/D-day trip in one day and it was incredible. Will absolutely make it to Honfleur and MSM next time. But for now my focus is on how much we can eat and see in Rouen in 36 hours

. I've been on the Fodors boards for years and am so grateful for the help I've received and the people I've met.
Last summer so many of you guys helped me in my (unfortunately unsuccessful) search to find a second vintage chore jacket to replace one I had found in the Marche aux Puce in 2014. I will definitely start a new thread with additional questions but I found this one in my search for someone who had been to Gill.
You guys are the best. Any additional restaurant thoughts so appreciated.

PalenQ

Just curious why pick Rouen (not being critical) just curious - rather odd choice but that could be good.

laurie23

Understood- and no offense taken but why odd? We have been fortunate to have traveled throughout France over the years often with much more time and often with a car. This year with just seven nights, I can't bear the thought of spending more than one night away from Paris and I have successfully done day trips the past few years, e.g. Bayeux last year (amazing although in would have loved three nights to explore neighboring towns) and Reims the year before but just for the day. This time around I landed on Rouen primarily for its reputation as a food destination and of course the sights and cultural offerings. It seems like a perfect place to spend an overnight-easily reached by train, walkable and with an opportunity to have two good meals, and be back in Paris in a couple of hours.
This is not set in stone at this point although I made a dinner and hotel reservation-

kja

Rouen is, IMO, delightful, and well worth at least 36 hours (if not more).

StuDudley

Rouen is in my "top 5" list of cities in France (after Paris). Here is something I wrote in my Normandy & Brittany itinerary that I "hand out' to people on Fodors.Rouen***. see ROUEN in the Michelin Green GuideThis is a beautiful city – one of our favorites in France. We’ve visited it twice. It is a large city, and getting into the historic center can be a little hectic. Remember - shops close for lunch around noon, so get there by 9:30 so that you can pop into some shops that look interesting. Lots of cross-timbered buildings & great churches. Follow the walking itinerary in the GG. However, we had mixed impressions of the main pedestrian street through the city – the Rue Gros Horloge**. It is a very pretty street, but it’s loaded with visually distracting chain stores (Pimkie, Foot Locker, etc) and it is difficult to really appreciate the beautiful architecture with these distractions. We prefer other streets. One of our favorites is the Rue de Martinville* east of the Cathedral Notre Dame. Follow it as far as the cobblestones go. Slip into the beautiful and quiet Aitre St Maclou** courtyard at the end of the cobblestone section of Martainville. We also like the architecture along Rue Damiette* and the adjacent Rue Eau de Robec with the stream running down the middle of the street. Hotel – We stayed at the Du Vieux Marche, which is centrally located and has a garage where we parked the car. The hotel is nothing fancy – but for 1 night it worked out great. There are many tourist restaurants in the historic section of Rouen, and we “checked out” most of them earlier in the day. Many were way too touristy for us. We ended up dining next door to our hotel at Les Nympheas – which exceeded our expectations.

Stu Dudley

laurie23

Thanks Stu-actually you DID send me your Normandy guide last year in preparation for my Bayeux day! I will re-visit although in a nutshell you've presented it all here.II booked the night at the Bourgethalde as it seemed very central to everything.
I am so looking forward to April!

PalenQ

Well if Stu ranks Rouen so high that's good enough for me - I have not been to Rouen for ages since I biked thru it and it wasn't all that much but apparently it's had a rennaissance - kind of like Bordeaux.

apersuader65

We enjoyed dinner at Auberge Saint Maclou during our May 2016 time there. We stayed at the Mercure Rouen Centre Cathedral and appreciated its central location and view of the Cathedral. Finding it was a bit of a booger, but once we found it, we loved it.

laurie23

Thank you apersuader! The Mercure seems to forget high marks-- I'm not booked there but will take another look at it.

PalenQ

Mercures are dependably nice and modern and the location is superb.