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My partner and I are intending to go on a long weekend in Normandy at the end of March. I'm not too impressed by the hotels in Dunquerke itself, and the only other place I know is St Omer.


What we are looking for is a bit of real France, not more than an hour away from Dunquerke, with some interesting bars and restaurants.


Any suggestions please.

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Honfleur is a good starting point. Its just the other side of the Pont Normandie, has plenty of hotels and is a beautiful little fishing port with lots of restaurants and bars around the harbour. A tip would be to have a drink by the harbour and then wander in a few streets to eat - thus saving yourselves some money. The Saturday market is great for buying fresh food and a rotisserie chicken for a picnic.


It is well placed for either using the coast road or Autoroute to Bayeux and the Normandy Beaches or to Rouen (going the other way) or touring inland to take in the countryside.


Caen is a bit bleak as it was flattened by the Allies after D-Day, but it has the ruins of Willam the Conquerors birthplace and a magnificent D-Day Museum if you are into that sort of thing.


Eat gallette, crepe, Tarte au Pomme and drink cider and calvados.


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/386833839_2b18561a13.jpg?v=0


Honfleur

Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> Honfleur is a good starting point. Its just the

> other side of the Pont Normandie, has plenty of

> hotels and is a beautiful little fishing port with

> lots of restaurants and bars around the harbour. A

> tip would be to have a drink by the harbour and

> then wander in a few streets to eat - thus saving

> yourselves some money. The Saturday market is

> great for buying fresh food and a rotisserie

> chicken for a picnic.

>

> It is well placed for either using the coast road

> or Autoroute to Bayeux and the Normandy Beaches or

> to Rouen (going the other way) or touring inland

> to take in the countryside.

>

> Caen is a bit bleak as it was flattened by the

> Allies after D-Day, but it has the ruins of Willam

> the Conquerors birthplace and a magnificent D-Day

> Museum if you are into that sort of thing.

>

> Eat gallette, crepe, Tarte au Pomme and drink

> cider and calvados.

>

> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/386833839_2b185

> 61a13.jpg?v=0

>

> Honfleur




mmmmm,rotisserie chicken with all the spuds cooking in the fat, why oh why do you never see that over here.

anyway my tip is st.valery sur somme approx hour and a half drive from calais, beautiful little medieval town with a wonderful port situated on the somme estuary and forming part of the baie de la somme. fantastic little place loads of restaurants,great scenery and buildings. this is where william the conquerors forces sailed from in 1066, so it goes back a few years. lots to do in the surrounding area.

???? Wrote:

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> erm........my advice is by a map and get some

> geography, Dunkirk's nowhere near

> Normandy......get pissed on Calvados too


I would say that Haute Normandy is well within the hours driving from Dunquerke but thank you for your comment - nice to get positive feedback from a simple question - have you done badly at the races recently?

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