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Auberge du Val au Cesne

Intimate and romantic rural auberge

Escape from the modern world at this favourite 300-year-old Norman country inn, set amid rolling hills and apple orchards a few miles from the market town of Yvetot. Heavy beams and intriguing nooks and crannies lend special intimacy and charm to the restaurant, where you can enjoy superb set 3-course dinners of refined and beautifully-presented Norman cuisine. The welcoming auberge is the creation of Dominique and Jérôme, with great attention to detail throughout. Breakfast is served in your prettily-decorated twin bedrooms in a characterful half-timbered building through the pleasant garden. A special place.

• 5 bedrooms • Le Havre 33 miles, Calais 139 miles

Around and about

• coastal strolls (a long-distance GR footpath leads along the coast between the Somme estuary and Etretat)
• the cliffs at Etretat, particularly dramatic on blustery days
• a tour around the Bénédictine distillery at Fécamp
• the coastal town of St Valéry-en-Caux, with its attractive old quarter
• Normandy's many châteaux, including the Château de Cany-Barville
• scenic drives past apple orchards, half-timbered villages and rolling fields so typical of Normandy
• the historic city of Rouen, characterised by cobbled streets and ancient houses. The Musée des Beaux Arts is one of the best outside Paris
• the Seine valley, especially the abbey at Jumièges, the church at Caudebec-en-Caux, the Victor Hugo museum at Villequier, and the castle in the pretty village of Les Andelys
• Honfleur and Deauville
• gardens such as the Jardins de Bellevue and the Jardins des Plantes (we give full details about all the gardens worth visiting in Upper Normandy in our documentation)

We provide more detailed information about what to see and do, including suggestions as to where to buy food and wine to take home, in the documentation sent out to you when you book.

Prices for 2008

Prices are in £ per person based on a minimum of 2 adults travelling together and sharing a twin room and vary according to the number of people in the party. They include 2 nights' accommodation in a room with a bath or shower and wc, dinner and breakfast each day, and a return crossing with P&O Ferries Dover-Calais for your party travelling in one car. If you are travelling between 23 May and 1 June or between 25 July and 7 September inclusive, a supplement of £30 per car per single journey applies for weekend travel (Friday and Saturday for outward travel and Saturday and Sunday for return travel). We can also offer other crossings and operators – including Folkestone-Calais Coquelles with Eurotunnel – so please contact us for prices. The single room supplement is per person per night and must be added to the holiday price for the third and fifth party members. Maximum stay 4 nights.

Restaurant closed Mondays & Tuesdays.

Hotel closed 25 Aug-7 Sep

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