Étretat: 8 addresses selected by Gault&Millau, including 2 restaurants, 3 hotels and 3 artisans. To explore: Le Grand Val, Le Calvaire and Sous La Chapelle.
Normandy: The 8 Most Beautiful Hotels with Ocean Views
From Deauville to Étretat, Normandy offers its most beautiful views of the English Channel: eight charming hotels where you can open the shutters to the horizon, ranging from a Belle Époque luxury hotel to a more intimate retreat.
Its sumptuous chalk cliffs plunge sheer into the sea, but Étretat conceals many other treasures... An incredible string of Belle Epoque villas, a long pebble beach that inspired Matisse and Monet and the romantic memories of Arsène Lupin. Enjoy our ten favorite addresses.
Gabin Bouguet, chef at Le Donjon restaurant at Domaine Saint-Clair in Etretat, reveals five places to stock up on fish, cream and cider, to fill up on good Normandy produce.
Rodolphe Pottier arrives at Domaine Saint-Clair in Étretat
In February, Rodolphe Pottier will take up residence at Domaine Saint-Clair in Étretat. The current chef, Gabin Bouguet, will hand over the keys for good in March.
Away from the flow of tourists, but barely 300 meters from the sea and the town's mythical cliffs, this still confidential place offers its guests the charm of an 18th-century family home, refined and full of poetry. Without doubt one of the finest addresses on the Normandy coast.