Rouen Trip Overview
Discover the hidden secrets and top attractions of Normandy on this private day trip to Rouen, Bayeux, and Falaise from Rouen. Explore the medieval streets of Rouen with a private guide, and take in famous landmarks including the Church of Saint-Maclou and 11th-century Rouen Cathedral. In Caen, visit sites of interest such as the Abbaye aux Dames and Caen Cathedral. Then, marvel at the UNESCO–listed Bayeux Tapestry in Bayeux. This private 8-hour tour includes pickup and drop-off at your Rouen hotel.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Rouen, France
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rouen, Normandy, France
Discover the hidden secrets and top attractions of Normandy on this private day trip to Rouen, Bayeux, and Falaise from Rouen. Explore the medieval streets of Rouen with a private guide, and take in famous landmarks including the Church of Saint-Maclou and 11th-century Rouen Cathedral. In Caen, visit sites of interest such as the Abbaye aux Dames and Caen Cathedral. Then, marvel at the UNESCO–listed Bayeux Tapestry in Bayeux. This private 8-hour tour includes pickup and drop-off at your Rouen hotel.
Itinerary
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Stop At: St. Maclou’s Church, 3 rue Eugene Dutuit St-Maclou, 76000, Rouen France
Visit the Church and learn about life in France in the middle ages.
One of the most gothic place of France, terrible witness of the black plague of 1437 in Rouen
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Abbaye aux Dames, Place de la Reine-Mathilde, 14035 Caen France
See Mathilda’s grave.
Mathilda of Flanders was William the Conqueror’s wife and best ally until she died from the plague in 1059.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Abbaye aux Hommes, Esplanade Jean Marie Louvel Caen City Hall, 14027 Caen France
See William the Conqueror’s grave in CAEN
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, 13 rue de Nesmond Centre Guillaume le Conquerant, 14401, Bayeux France
See and learn about the history of Normandy and England with the amazing Bayeux Tapestry, made nearly 1000 years ago and preserved as if it wad done yesterday.
The best history book one can ever dream of.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Chateau Guillaume-le-Conquerant, Place Guillaume le Conquerant, 14700, Falaise France
Visit the birth place of William the Conqueror in Falaise.
The Falaise castle will allow you to see and learn everything about William the Conqueror and of his legacy to Richard the Lion Heart.
The actual dukes of Normandy are waiting for you in the castle to tell you about their life.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Rue du Gros-Horloge, Centre-Ville, Rouen France
Visit Rouen old town and see the Gros Horloge, the best old clock of the early Renaissance, a real proof of the wealth of “the town of the hundred bell towers.”
Duration: 1 hour