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A high-quality Live-guided Full-day trip for 4 to 6 persons to Three Top sights of Normandy: Rouen, Etretat, Honfleur with Calvados tasting. Mercedes Minivan, extra long, drives faster.
Duration of 13 hours (longer as usual). Guided walking tours in Rouen, Honfleur, visit of Etretat.
We bring You to the local Calvados producer where You can get explanations how it is being made for centuries and taste the genuine Calvados & Cider of Normandy (included).
We offer one professional driver and one professional guide as well (by groups up to 4 persons we reserve the right to have one guide-driver). Minivan drives faster than a bus and is more comfortable compared with cars. You save up around two hours.
This tour is also offered as Customised Private Experience. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.
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Duration: 13 hours
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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A high-quality Live-guided Full-day trip for 4 to 6 persons to Three Top sights of Normandy: Rouen, Etretat, Honfleur with Calvados tasting. Mercedes Minivan, extra long, drives faster.
Duration of 13 hours (longer as usual). Guided walking tours in Rouen, Honfleur, visit of Etretat.
We bring You to the local Calvados producer where You can get explanations how it is being made for centuries and taste the genuine Calvados & Cider of Normandy (included).
We offer one professional driver and one professional guide as well (by groups up to 4 persons we reserve the right to have one guide-driver). Minivan drives faster than a bus and is more comfortable compared with cars. You save up around two hours.
This tour is also offered as Customised Private Experience. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France
08:00 Departure from steps of Opera Garnier in Paris, destination Honfleur by our WiFi air conditioned comfortable Mercedes minivan.
Pick up service from You hotel for those who have selected this option. ! Pay Attention that the pick up starts before 08:00 depending on the location of your hotel
The Guide will welcome our small group and the Trip begins. The Guide will give You general Information about the French history connected to Normandy: Rouen and Honfleur.
Stop At: Calvados Christian Drouin, 1895 route de Trouville, 14130 Coudray-Rabut, Pont-L’Eveque France
10:00 Arrival at a local producer of Calvados. You will learn how Calvados has being made for centuries and have afterwords the Calvados & Cider tasting with explanations.
10:45 Departure to Honfleur. It is just half an hour drive.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Honfleur, Honfleur, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, Normandy
11:00 Arrival in Honfleur. Walking tour of Honfleur with its famous port. Honfleur – the main defensive port of Normandy of the XV century, transformed into a charming resort town with a picturesque Bay, much-loved by the artists of the XIX century. Honfleur was first mentioned in 1027, when it belonged to the Norman Duke Richard III. The owners of the city changed several times during The Hundred Years ‘ War. In the XV century, there were French pirates – corsairs who ravaged the English coast. A little later, in the XVII—XVIII centuries, the city became significantly rich in trade with the American colonies. After the port was closed, the city’s economy declined and Honfleur became a suburb of Le Havre. Today it is one of the most known tourist cities in Normandy.
The walking city tour takes about 1 hour. Free time.
13:00 Departure from Honfleur to Etretat.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Etretat, Etretat, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Normandy
14:00 Arrival at Etretat. Walking to the famous Cliffs. You will enjoy breath taking views and relax.
Short Walking tour to the beach & Cliffs and Free time for Lunch. Étretat is famous for its chalk cliffs, including three natural arches and the Needle, which rises 70 meters (230 ft) above the sea. Etretat was a popular spot in the past for impressionist artists including Claude Monet – the founder of French Impressionist painting. Today it is a classical seaside resort nestled between two sets of chalk cliffs. You can walk on the beach or climb for excellent views.
15:30 Departure to Rouen.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Normandy
16:30 – 18:30 Arrival at Rouen and Sightseeing Walking tour of Rouen starts. Rouen is the capital of the Duke of Normandy, the city of a hundred bell-towers, famous for its Gothic cathedrals. Here You will have the opportunity to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral of the XIII – XVI centuries, known throughout the world in the paintings of Monet, the area of the Vieux Marché, the place of execution of Joan d’Arc and the Church of Joan d’Arc, the Palace of justice of the XVI century, to see the old medieval clock on the pedestrian street of Gros-Horloge.
The walking tour lasts about one hour. Free time.
18:30 Departure from Rouen to Paris.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France
21:00 Arrival in Paris.
