Haute Normandy: travelling & holiday
Just outside Paris, Haute-Normandy can boast an exceptional natural, cultural and historical environment. Its greatest sites are known the world over: Etretat cliffs, the house and gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny, the Rouen cathedral, the Normandie bridge.Haute-Normandy was also the berth of impressionism, a style drawing its name from Impression, rising sun, a landscape painted by Claude Monet in the region. After Monet, Renoir, Pissarro or Turner were also inspired by Haute-Normandie, while the museums of Rouen and Le Havre own the largest impressionist collections outside of Orsay in Paris.
Painters could only be overwhelmed by the beauty of the region and especially its 120 kilometres of white cliffs. This high wall of white stone is peppered here and there with cosy seaside resorts like Dieppe or Etretat. Such natural wonders have led regional authorities to bid for a them to be listed as a World Heritage site.
Nature is a perfect setting for man-made marvels like the twenty abbeys built on the banks of the Seine.
Haute-Normandy remains proud of its past: Joan of Arc, Rollon or William the Conqueror left their mark on local history but the region was also home to many celebrated writers such as Cornelle, Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, Maurice Leblanc or Philippe Delerm.
Latest additions to Haute Normandy, France
Camping Les Etangs du Parc
Garennes sur Eure
Les Etangs du Parc is less than 80 Kms from Paris. Nature lovers and sports enthusiasts will enjoy 50 hectares of fabulous Normandy landscaping. Your friends and family will all enjoy the natural ambience here whether it be for a weekend or a...
Saint Georges De Boscherville Abdijkerk
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
In 1113 Guillaume de Tancarville decided with an abbey existing collegiate church called to replace. To Saint Martin Henry I Beauclerc (Duke of Normandy and King of England) matched it in here. He called the Benedictine monks of St. Evroult and...
Chateau Du Taillis
Duclair
Built on the ruins of a 13th century fortified house, the castle was built in 1530 by Jehan du Fay du Tailly. It was later enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries. As a result, the castle is a fine example of French architecture throughout the...
Camping Risle Seine Les Etangs
Toutainville
Camping Les Fontaines
Ivry la Bataille
Camping Domaine de Marcilly
Marcilly sur Eure
Camping La Berquerie
Mesnil-Réaume
Camping Le Grand Hameau
Saint Jouin Bruneval
Camping La Chênaie
Anneville Ambourville
Camping La Forêt
Jumièges
Most visited destinations in Haute Normandy
Campings in Jumièges
Campings in Martigny
Curiosities in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Curiosities in Duclair
Campings in Le Havre
Campings in Garennes sur Eure
Campings in Ivry la Bataille
Campings in Toutainville
Campings in Marcilly sur Eure
Campings in Anneville Ambourville