Caudebec-en-Caux – Tips

NOTE: Caudebec-en-Caux has recently merged (2016) with other towns nearby and is now called “Rives-en-Seine“. However, since the artists called the town by its original name in their paintings, we will continue to refer to the place by its old name.

Transport

Getting There

	By Car		By Train
From	Via	Time	Time
Calais	A16, A28 and A29. Exit at Yvetot (exit 9), D313 to the Pont de Bretonne, exit before the bridge.	2:15 hours	via Paris 4:45 hours
Paris	A13, D313. After crossing the Pont de Bretonne, follow the Caudebec-en-Caux signs	2 hours	Train to Yvetot, then bus. 1:30 hours
Dieppe	N27 to Yvetot, then the D313 to the Pont de Bretonne, exit before the bridge	1 hour	via Rouen and Yvetot 2:15 hours
Le Havre	A131 and the D982	1 hour	Train to Yvetot, then bus. 1 hour
Cherbourg	N13, A13, D313	2:30 hours	via Caen, Rouen and Yvetot: 3:45 hours
Marseilles	via Paris: A7, A6 and A13	9 hours	via Paris, then Yvetot, then bus: 6:15 hours

Ferry: Closest ferry harbours from the UK are Dieppe and Le Havre.

Within Caudebec-en-Caux

Caudebec is so small that you can walk from one end to the other in 10 minutes.

Restaurants

There are a couple of restaurants (normal French food, crepes, pizza), but only one springs out above any of them, the Manoir de Retival (click on the link for more information). The Manoir is highly recommendable if you have that kind of a budget and palate, and in 2016 it got its first Michelin star.

Hotels

You are not going to find many hotels, the best one being the restaurant mentioned above.

Things To See/Things To Do

• Visit the 15th century Notre-Dame church and their amazing stained-glass windows dating back to the 15th and 16th century.
• Visit the Templars’ House (when it’s finally restored).
• Walk the quai of the Seine and look at the massive ships going to / coming from Rouen.
  
  
  
• Walk up the Pont de Bretonne to have a bird’s eye view of the Seine river and Caudebec-en-Caux.

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