Department Guides to Upper-Normandy

EURE PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
The Eure can often seem like a suburb of Paris. It is true that the development of Paris has had a dramatic effect on the department but look closely and you will find the small towns with the traditional Norman feel to them. It is also here, within the Seine valley, that you will find Monet's garden.

SEINE-MARITIME PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
Not only is the Seine-Maritime an intriguing destination due to its history and architecture, its proximity to Paris and incredibly easy access from the UK means that it's ideally placed for the growing British buyers market. The department has ports in Dieppe and Le Havre and a TGV station in Rouen.

Town Guides to Upper-Normandy

DIEPPE PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
The city of Dieppe is located in the north of France, in the department known as the Seine-Maritime. It began life as a small, fishing town, but became an important port of the English Channel and the focus of much activity during the world wars. Today Dieppe is a seaside resort, and it still retains elements of all these three functions.

ÉTRETAT PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
The town of Étretat, which lies in northern France, is famed for its fantastic cliffs and limestone chalk arches which draw visitors from all over the world, and which have inspired great painters such as Claude Monet. A popular seaside resort, Étretat is a typically attractive Normandy town, which is well set up to cater for both its residents and visitors.

EVREUX PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
Evreux, in Upper Normandy in northern France, is a delightful and ancient town surrounded by some of the most stunning and famous gardens in France. Set in the spectacularly beautiful and fertile Norman countryside, Evreux, with its Gallo Roman remains, is one of the oldest towns in France.

FÉCAMP PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
Fécamp is situated on France's northern coast, in the region known as Upper Normandy. It is a popular seaside resort as well as a functional and thriving fishing port. Its most famous building is the beautiful Benedictine palace, and Fécamp is also the place where you can discover the secret of the renowned Benedictine liqueur.

LE HAVRE PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
Le Havre is a large port town in upper Normandy, in northern France. The city is of architectural interest despite having lost many of its historic buildings during the Second World War, as when it was rebuilt after the War it was designed and constructed in Modernist style by renowned architect Auguste Perret. Le Havre is now considered a shining example of Modernist style.

NEUFCHÂTEL EN BRAY PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
Neufchâtel en Bray is a town that lies in the Seine-Maritime department of Upper Normandy, in a pretty rural landscape of apple trees and dairy pastures.

ROUEN PROPERTY GUIDE   MAP
The city of Rouen, which lies in northern France, is historically one of France's most important cities. It is here, amidst the half-timbered houses and mediaeval cobbled streets, that Saint Joan of Arc was martyred, here that William the Conqueror took his last breath, and here that the heart of Richard the Lionheart is entombed, as a mark of his affection for the great city.