Honfleur
This unusual and intriguing complex captures the whimsical spirit of the eccentric avant-garde composer Erik Satie (1866鈥1925), who lived and worked in鈥
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Honfleur
Long a favourite with painters such as Monet, Normandy鈥檚 most charming port town is a popular day-trip destination for Parisian families. Though the centre can be overrun with visitors on warm weekends and in summer, it鈥檚 hard not to love the rugged maritime charm of the Vieux Bassin (Old Harbour), which evokes maritime Normandy of centuries past.
Attractions
Must-see attractions
Honfleur
This museum features superb 19th- and 20th-century paintings of Normandy鈥檚 towns and coast, including works by Dubourg, Dufy and Monet. One room is鈥
Honfleur
Initially intended as a temporary structure, this extraordinary wooden church was built by local shipwrights during the late 15th and early 16th centuries鈥
Honfleur
The old harbour, with its bobbing pleasure boats, is Honfleur鈥檚 focal point. On the west side, quai Ste-Catherine is lined with tall, taper-thin houses 鈥撯
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Honfleur
Through multiple rooms, this museum gathers together exhibits on domestic and economic life in 16th- to 19th-century Normandy portraying traditional鈥
Honfleur
Built between 1600 and 1613, this chapel sits on the Plateau de Gr芒ce, a wooded, 100m-high hill about 2km west of the Vieux Bassin. The area offers great鈥
Honfleur
This museum displays model sailing ships, nautically themed engravings and watercolours, and a case that examines Honfleur鈥檚 role in the 17th- and 18th鈥
Honfleur
Children and adults will enjoy this lush greenhouse that houses scores of species of free-flying tropical butterflies in the northwest of town, a short鈥
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