Bayeux to St. Lo.—Railway 28 miles. Fare, 5frs. (4s.)
[Bayeux to Cherbourg. Rly. 63 miles. Fare, 11frs. 40s. (9s. 6d.)]
[For Hotels, &c., see App., p. iv.]
ST. LO (Pop. 10,000). Hotel: du Soleil
Levant (quiet and commercial.)
St. Lo to Coutances.—Diligence, 16 miles.
COUTANCES (Pop. 9000). Hotels: de
France, du Dauphin, &c. (indifferent).
Coutances to Granville.—Diligence, 18 miles.
GRANVILLE (Pop. 17,000). Hotels: du
Nord (large and bustling, crowded with
English from the Channel Islands);
Trois Couronnes, &c. (See p. 123.)
Granville to Avranches.—Diligence, 16 miles.
AVRANCHES (Pop. 9000). Hotels: d'Angleterre,
de Bretagne, &c. (accustomed
to English people.)
[Excursion to Mont St. Michel and back in one day; Carriage,
15frs, (12s. 6d.). Distance, 10 miles; or by Pont Orson
(the best route), 13 miles.]
Avranches to Vire.—Diligence, 36 miles (viâ Mortain).
VIRE (Pop. 8000). Hotel: du Cheval
Blanc.
[Mortain to Domfront. Diligence, 17 miles. (Pop. 3000.)
Hotel de la Poste.]
Vire to Falaise.—Diligence, 34 miles [or by Rly. 65 miles.
Fare, 12frs. (9s. 9d.)]
FALAISE (Pop. 9000). Hotels: de Normandie,
&c. (All commercial.)
Falaise to Rouen.—Rly. 83 miles (viâ Mezidon and Serquiny).
Fare, 15frs. 50c. (12s. 6d.)
[At Serquiny turn off to Evreux, 26 miles. Fare from Serquiny,
4frs. 60c. (3s. 9d.) Hotel: Grand Cerf.]
ROUEN (Pop. 103,000). Hotels: d'Angleterre,
d'Albion, &c. (none first-rate,
generally full of English people.)
Rouen to Havre by the Seine; or by Rly.
List of the Watering-places of Normandy, from east to west, with a few notes for Visitors.
Dieppe (Pop. 20,000).—Busy seaport town—fashionable and expensive during the season—good accommodation facing the sea—pretty rides and drives in the neighbourhood—shingly beach, bracing air.
Hotels: Royal, des Bains, de Londres, &c. Ry. to Paris.
Fécamp (13,000).—A dull uninteresting town, inns second-rate and dear, in summer—situated on a river, the town reaching for nearly a mile inland.
Hotels: de la Plage, des Bains, Chariot d'Or. Ry. to Paris.
Étretat (2000).—Romantic situation—bracing air—rocky coast—shingly beach—only two good hotels—a few villas and apartments—no town—very amusing for a time.
Hotels: Blanquet, Hauville, Dil. to Fécamp, and Havre.
Havre (75,000).—Large and important seaport on the right bank of the Seine—harbour, docks, warehouses, fine modern buildings, streets, and squares—picturesque old houses and fishing-boats on the quay—bathing not equal to Dieppe or Trouville.
Hotels: de l'Europe, de l'Amirauté, &c., and Frascatî's on the sea-shore. Ry. to Paris; Steamboats to Trouville, &c.