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With its famous hippodrome for horse races, its Grand Casino, sumptuous hotels, beachfront boardwalk and its string of flamboyant Belle Époque villas, Deauville is regarded as one of the most prestigious seaside resorts in all of France. In the 1910 years, many luxury boutiques opened like the Coco Chanel's first shop, and you will be fond of wander in the streets of Deauville.

The walking tour, with a guide from the Deauville tourist office, will last from 9:30 am to 11 am.

Only the River Touques separates Deauville from Trouville-sur-Mer, yet both resorts are quite different. Shaped and brought to life by its fishing port, Trouville is a characterful seafront resort. The typical seaside architecture of its seafront villas intermingles in perfect harmony with the traditional fishermen's cottages that line the narrow streets of the town centre.

The casino and the fish market are Trouville's most emblematic buildings. Mozin, Proust, Duras and Savignac all travelled to Trouville, contributing towards the town's cultural development. There's always something going on in Trouville-sur-Mer!

The walking tour, with a guide from the Trouville tourist office, will last from 9:30 am to 11:30 am.

In the magical Vendeuvre castle, you will discover the Miniature Furniture museum, first collection in the world, the lifestyle in the 18^th century that has been preserved like its original decoration and furniture, the amazing collection of dog kennels, and the kitchens and their secrets. Around the castle, you will enter into a paradise by discovering various gardens: utility garden, topiary garden, surprise water gardens, romantic garden, mazes and the exotic garden.

The Canon castle and its surrounding estate offer a splendid ensemble in the heart of the Normandy countryside. A mirror of water, regular formal flower beds, all in perfect harmony with the landscaped gardens that keep their composition as it has always been since the mid 18^th century. Not to be missed: the chartreuses, genuine open-air greenhouses!

Driven in authentic WWII Jeeps, during an afternoon, you will discover one of the most surprising sites in Deauville.

On a hill steeped in history, you will visit a coastal battery, which is the most important artillery support point that operated between 1935 and 1940. The most attractive element of the visit is the underground structure, 15 meters below the surface, with its 250 meter-long network of tunnels, 25 barracks, 6 stairs allowing access to the surface, 25 ammunition bunkers... A unique work on more than 150 km of Norman coast!

The tour will last from 2:30 pm to 5 pm.

Rouen was founded by the Gaulish tribe of Veliocasses, who controlled a large area in the lower Seine valley, which today retains a trace of their name as the Vexin. This is also the city where Joan of Arc was tried and executed for heresy during the Hundred Years War. Rouen was an important place in the development of Impressionism art movement, and is today the capital of Normandy.

On a walking tour through the narrow, cobblestoned medieval streets of the Old Town, you will see, among other sights, the Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral - often painted by Claude Monet, and the Old Clock - the emblem of Enlightenment in Rouen.

Note that comfortable, flat, sturdy, non-slip walking shoes are recommended.

The Etretat cliffs have provided inspiration to some of the most illustrious artists. Even during a short visit, one can easily understand why! Etretat is a place where emotions are real. The astonishing verticality of the cliffs of the Alabaster Coast contrasts perfectly with the gentle roundness of the shore.

Across the River Seine, from the bustling port of Le Havre, Honfleur is one of the splendors of the Norman coast. This city also boasts many art galleries, some of which selling works by local artists. You will also find small boutiques and shops selling locally-made food products. The tour will offer you the opportunity to discover Sainte Catherine’s church, the oldest church in France entirely built in wood.

Founded as a Gallo-Roman settlement in the 1^st century BC, Bayeux is nowadays a major tourist attraction, best known for the Bayeux tapestry, made to commemorate events in the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. According to the legend, the tapestry was embroidered by Reine Mathilde, the wife of William the Conqueror. In fact, it may have been designed and woven in England. It is displayed in a museum in the town centre.

The large Norman-Romanesque and Gothic Cathedral Notre-Dame de Bayeux consecrated in 1077, was arguably the original home of the tapestry where William's half-brother Odo of Bayeux (represented on the tapestry with a wooden club at the Battle of Hastings), would have had it displayed.

With a departure from Deauville at 1:15 pm., the tour, with a guide, will last until around 6:00 pm. (arrival in Deauville)

An amazing armada of allied troops, British, American, Canadian and more, landed on Normandy’s beaches on 6 June 1944 to start the liberation of Europe from years of nazi occupation. The planners of this crucial event for European-freedom-code named it D-Day.

You will go through the US sector, following the Normandy coast, going to Sainte-Mère-Église far west, back to Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. A good way to learn all about this most daring and world-changing of naval operations.

Note that warm, weather-resistant windbreaker, layered clothing with long sleeves, as well as comfortable, sturdy, closed-toe walking shoes, such as hiking shoes or boots are recommended.

For over 40 years, until his death in 1926, Giverny was Monet’s home, his site of creation and his masterpiece. A world of senses, of colors and of memories, the house in which the artist and his family lived, notably contains his studio-sitting room and his exceptional collection of Japanese prints.

The gardens are composed of the Clos Normand, with its flowerbeds, and the Water Garden, planted with oriental vegetation and weeping willows, its Japanese bridge painted green and its waterlilies.