Sunday night bolthole - what's Honfleur like?

[StevieBee]

Going to be away Sunday after the race. We've a 13.00 Calais crossing on the Monday.

Looking at somewhere to stay on the Sunday evening - probably about 2 to 2.5 hours away and have stumbled upon the town of Honfleur.

Seems nice - any experiences or other recommendations?

[essayer]

It’s very pleasant, pretty old town and marina. Bit of a Brighton vibe maybe? (Could be unfair on Honfleur)

Deauville, just down the road, worth a look as well, even if you just drive along the seafront

[The Surveyor]

I've been to Honfleur a few times, it's really nice and an ideal stop-over spot. Plenty of nice places to eat around the harbour too.

[Dblue]

Its a beautiful little port, very popular with tourists for obvious reasons. Lots of good restaurants + bars. Plenty of nice places to stay too. Recommend the Hotel Cheval Blanc if you can get in - Right on the waterfront though a decent public car park is yards away.

Le Bistro Du Port is very good but there's lots of choice and unlike most of France most restaurants are likely to be open on a Sunday night

Edited by Dblue on Wednesday 29th May 10:41

[//j17]

I stop over in the centre of Evreux Sunday night these days. ibis Budget is cheap but feels like 5* after an ACO campsite, has a reasonably secure car park, and there's wonderfully miss-named London Pub bistro just around the corner that's open and serving food well past 9pm.

[Dblue]

//j17 said:

I stop over in the centre of Evreux Sunday night these days. ibis Budget is cheap but feels like 5* after an ACO campsite, has a reasonably secure car park, and there's wonderfully miss-named London Pub bistro just around the corner that's open and serving food well past 9pm.

Evreux is perfectly nice but not a patch on Honfleur IMHO

Edited by Dblue on Wednesday 29th May 10:21

[rev-erend]

Honfleur is great.

Highly recommended.

[davidd]

Honfleur is lovely, quite a few folks head up there on sunday night.

[cn7k7]

We always stay in Seés, great little town and the Hotel Au Normandy loves Le Mansers and normally has many of them. The food is also superb, many French travel there throughout the year

[NormalWisdom]

Very pretty harbour

Every single (without exception) restaurant around the harbour knows they have a prime spot and serve over-priced average quality food. It used to be a very regular stop for lunch on the way from the tunnel to family in Bayeux but nowadays we give it a wide berth.

Go once, it is pretty - If eating, use a restaurant away from the harbour - food will be better price and quality (with the exception of SaQuaNa which is 2 M-star Japanese). L'Homme de Bois is my favourite (if you like seafood).

Go a bit further to Etretat or Fecamp, the Benedictine distillery in Fecamp is interesting (I am biased as it is my favourite tipple), there are a few well priced restaurants in both.

[Sabatier]

Honfleur is perfect for an overnight stay.
I would recommend the Mercure Hotel, not super fancy but perfectly adequate. It has a secured parking at the back & is only 2min walk from the restaurants and harbor.

[Mellow Yellow]

Another vote for Honfleur, stayed in Ibis Styles 3 times, good value, good location opposite large car-park and near harbour. I've always found the restaurants around the harbour to be reasonably priced - there is plenty of competition after all. Never had a bad meal either but I've rarely had a bad meal anywhere in France.

[chris_freebie]

And there's a small 4 seater orange boat in the harbour (totally mis-placed) that's been there every year since 2003. . . . .

It's good, very touristy. . . . .

[Dblue]

NormalWisdom said:

Very pretty harbour

Every single (without exception) restaurant around the harbour knows they have a prime spot and serve over-priced average quality food. It used to be a very regular stop for lunch on the way from the tunnel to family in Bayeux but nowadays we give it a wide berth.

Go once, it is pretty - If eating, use a restaurant away from the harbour - food will be better price and quality (with the exception of SaQuaNa which is 2 M-star Japanese). L'Homme de Bois is my favourite (if you like seafood).

Go a bit further to Etretat or Fecamp, the Benedictine distillery in Fecamp is interesting (I am biased as it is my favourite tipple), there are a few well priced restaurants in both.

Dont diagree about the restaurants actually around the inner basin though I have found the Bistro Du Port very good IME. Nothing like the best in town though of course if, a) they're open (Sunday night) and b) you want push the boat out. Le Breard was brilliant when we went earlier in the year

[DMN]

How does Harflur compare?

With our Ferry being 9am from Le Harve we've booked a cheap B&B on the outskirts of Harflur. Is there a decent brasserie in the Town centre?

[MadMacMcMad]

We go to Bagnoles D'Orne. There's a Spa, decent restaurants, casino if it's you bag.

Very nice soak in bubbles, sauna, out for a steak and a decent bottle of red. Perfect ending.

[Gibo993]

Honfluer is excellent been going for years on the Sunday night gorgeous place - cheap hotels but last year we went further to Le Touquet and that was awesome so doing the same this year