TouchScreenTravels logo

TouchScreenTravels

Our Touch, your Travels…

This is a preview of the full content of our France’s Best app.

Please consider downloading this app to support small independent publishing and because:

  • All content is designed for mobile devices and works best there.
  • Detailed in-app maps will help you find sites using your device’s GPS.
  • The app works offline (one time upgrade required on Android versions).
  • All advertising (only present on Android versions) can be removed.

The app will also allow you to:

  • Add custom locations to the app map (your hotel…).
  • Create your own list of favourites as you browse.
  • Search the entire contents using a fast and simple text-search tool.
  • Make one-click phone calls (on phones).
iOS App Store Google Play

Étretat

Perfection on the Côte d’Albâtre

Étretrat

This elegant resort on the Alabaster Coast, 47km/29mi north of Honfleur in the Seine-Maritime département, is renowned for its stunning setting on the north coast. The high white chalk cliffs with their impressive rock formations which include the famous Porte d’Aval Arch and L’Aiguille or the Needle.

Access to the cliffs is now only from the beach area (see note below).

The Beach & Cliffs at Étretat

The beach too, despite being very pebbly is beautiful and well used, but be sure to some have some suitable footwear with you! The clifftop Chapelle de Nôtre-Dame just completes the ensemble - no wonder the likes of Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet loved it here!

NOTE: Étretat has become extemely popular in recent years and attracts high volumes of visitors especially during high season and holiday weekends. The authorities have had to remove the parking lot from the cliff top to limit the numbers of visitors and have taken other measures to prevent damage to the site. My tip is to avoid busy periods if possible and arrive early in the day in order to fully enjoy this wonderful site.

Practical Info Practical Info icon

Tourism Website

Normandie

Text © Paul Shawcross

Images by Jörg Braukmann, Paul Shawcross