landmark
Honfleur Old Harbor
A picturesque Normandy port with tall, narrow slate-fronted houses lining the Vieux Bassin, beloved by Impressionist painters.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Deauville
Normandy, France · Europe
About Deauville
Deauville is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Blonville-sur-Mer, 40km from Etretat Cliffs.
Deauville is in Normandy, France, with about 4,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Blonville-sur-Mer, about 4 km away.
Deauville (French pronunciation: [dovil] ) is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Major attractions include its harbour, race course, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino, and hotels. The first Deauville Asian Film Festival took place in 1999. As the closest seaside resortRead more
to Paris, Deauville is one of the most notable seaside resorts in France. The city and its region of the Côte Fleurie (Flowery Coast) have long been home to the French upper class's seaside houses and is often referred to as the Parisian riviera.
Since the 19th century, the town of Deauville has been a fashionable holiday resort for the international upper class. In France, it is perhaps most well known for its role in Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Deauville?
Within an hour or so of Deauville: Honfleur Old Harbor (14 km), Pont de Normandie (17 km), Etretat Cliffs (40 km), D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514) (50 km).
Are there any good drives near Deauville?
The nearest famous roads are D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514) and Rouen-Les-Essarts.
Where is Deauville?
Deauville is in Normandy, France, about 4 km from Blonville-sur-Mer.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,677
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandy
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 49.3570, 0.0699
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
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Worth the detour from Deauville
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
bridge
Pont de Normandie
A soaring cable-stayed bridge leaping 2 km across the Seine estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur; on opening in 1995 its 856 m main span was the longest of its kind in the world.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Etretat Cliffs
Spectacular white chalk cliffs with dramatic natural arches plunging into the turquoise waters of the English Channel.
40 km · about 45 min drive
coastal drive
D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514)
The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.
50 km · about 60 min drive
museum
Palais Bénédictine
Flamboyant neo-Gothic-and-Renaissance palace in Fécamp built in the 1880s purely to distil Bénédictine liqueur: still a working distillery, with an art collection, aroma room and tasting cellar.
50 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Bayeux Tapestry Museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
57 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
Bayeux Cathedral
A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Deauville
- 17 kmPont de NormandieA soaring cable-stayed bridge leaping 2 km across the Seine estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur; on opening in 1995 its 856 m main span was the longest of its kind in the world.
- 50 kmD-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514)The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.
- 63 kmSuisse NormandeA miniature Alps of green gorges and rocky bluffs along the River Orne, beloved by drivers and climbers.
- 68 kmRouen-Les-EssartsA fearsome downhill road circuit whose cobbled Nouveau Monde hairpin hosted five French Grands Prix. The track closed in 1994 and the pits were demolished, but the roads through the Normandy forest remain public and the hairpin is unmistakable.
- 77 kmPointe du HocCratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
Driving in France
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.85/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€10.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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