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Hotel recommendations

Normandy's most precious jewel

Hotel rooms are not cheap in Honfleur. If you plan to stay book well in advance. Some weekends it is even impossible to get a room in radius of 100 km!

Le Belvedere, 36, rue Emile-Renouf, 1km from the port tel 0231890813 fax 0231895140.
Quiet hotel in a quiet neighbourhood, moderate range, rooms from 300 to 440 FF. Often sold out on weekends. Also restaurant: menus for 15.50, 22 and 40.50 €.

Ferme de la Grande Cour, Cote de Grace tel 0231890469 fax 0231892729.
Discovered through a leading ‘backpackers’ travel guide. In the countryside and very agreeable. Large, comfortable rooms with doubles for 40 to 64 €. Simple and good cuisine, mostly fruits de mer. Menus for 17.50, 27.50 and 36 €.

Hotel des Loges, 18 rue Brulee tel 0231893826
Entirely renovated hotel. Very cute, adorable reception.  Well studied comfort and well-decorated rooms. But no soundproof windows which is a bit noisy.  Doubles for 50 to 62.50 €, according to the size of the room.

Hostellerie Lechat, place Sainte-Catherine tel 0231144949 fax 0231892861
Traditional hotel, impeccably located in front of eglise Sainte Catherine. Nice interior with neat rooms in rustic style, maybe a little dark. Notice the house is in stone and covered wild grape. Rooms for 55-94 €.

Castel Albertine, 19 cours Albert-Manuel tel 0231988556 fax 0231988318
A little out of the centre, a large bourgeois house, let’s say an almost intact manor (19th century) with garden and immense trees. Authentic and cared décor in flourished (English style??), very agreeable and intimate rooms. Sauna and parking at your disposal. Rooms go for 61-93 €.

L’Ecrin, 19 rue Eugène Boudin tel 0231144345 fax 0231892441
Stunning manor in its private park, with a mad Art Deco furniture. Vast rooms with canopy beds. Nice tapestries and carpets. The parlour looks more like a museum than a hotel. Has a garden. A pity that reception is not always friendly. Avoid the annex, quite ugly. Rooms 61-145 €.

La Chaumière, at Vasouy on the coastal road. Tel 02331816320 fax 0231895923
Owned by the same family as the better known "La Ferme Saint-Simeon" situated close by, this authentic half-timbered former farmhouse is facing the sea and surrounded by a haven of green landscapes. It has a good location with excellent views over the estuary.Here they make sure to make you appreciate Norman cuisine and the splendour of the surrounding Norman countryside the staff and management being extremely nice.
Rooms vary from richly furnished, flourished with beamed ceilings to more simple and smaller rooms. Very well equipped. 
I didn't dine at the place but I was informed that the food is outstandingly good. The staff is extremely both pleasant and efficient.
Luxury has a price: 145-215 €. Reception is very friendly. Relais and chateaux. Click on the picture to enlarge. Credit to A.F.

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