The L’Aiguille Creuse resto and the streets of Etretat !!!

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And my continuing road warrior trip back into our nostalgic Normandy, we visited two main towns and stayed between the two, perfect timing and location. We arrive to Etretat on the road D940 , and we parked by parking Place de Gaulle easy and free , We then walked the city center all over ! The beach ,cliffs and l’aiguille creuse were just there ,awesome !! Let me tell you about the L’Aiguille Creuse restaurant and the streets of Etretat !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

L’aiguille creuse or the hollow needle is one of Maurice Leblanc’s best-known novels. Published 110 years ago, it depicts the adventures of Arsène Lupin, a gentleman burglar. A source of inspiration taken from the Aiguille Creuse de l’Etretat cliff. Only 5 minutes walk from Étretat Beach. This is also, the name of a hotel and brasserie resto which we tried for breakfast arriving very early to Etretat and again it was a find, would love to be back, We have the meny croissants, bread baguette, butter, jellies of apricot and prune, I had my coffee with milk and my sons capucchinos, and a glass of orange juice all for 9.50€ great nicely served by a friendly waitress, We have it posted to be back, eventually, The hotel has 7 rooms all facing the beach and the Place de Gaulle parking lot.

Etretat l'aiguille creuse resto hotel front aug23

Etretat l'aiguille creuse resto counter aug23

Etretat l'aiguille creuse resto breakfast aug23

The Aiguille Creuse resto side :https://menuonline.fr/laiguillecreuse/cartes

The Aiguille Creuse hotel side: https://www.hotellaiguillecreuse.fr/en

The Place du Maréchal Foch is one of the main squares in the city center. There is a large concentration of bistros, bars and other creperies and some pretty terraces. Also don’t miss the halles,or covered market with their pretty wooden framework.

Etretat Place Maréchal Foch aug23

The Rue Alphonse Karr, goes from the beach parking De Gaulle on the left hand side and continues on this long street full of shops, restaurants and just wonderful architecture such as the Villa Maurice, Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr, was a French novelist and journalist. He is the son of the French composer Henri Karr and the uncle of the Spanish feminist writer Carme Karr and the French writer Violette Bouyer-Karr. He was a friend of Victor Hugo, and an author in the romantic vein. His novel Histoire de Romain d’Étretat made Étretat known, where he often went.

Etretat Rue Alphonse Karr aug23

The Rue Traz Périer, you walk from the beach parking de Gaulle on the right hand side to this street and see Villas La Cordin, Caprice, and La Favorite for a wonderful Normand architectural tour on your own,

Etretat Rue de Traz Périer aug23

The rue des docteurs fidelin passes in from of the covered market or halles in a picturesque wooden houses street,see ,also, the fountain, The first doctor officially installed in Etretat was Adolphe Paul Charles Fidelin and treated -among others, the Maupassant family. Two of his children were doctors in turn: in 1883 Robert Adolphe Charles Fidelin was born, who owned, at 10 rue Notre-Dame (today today 10 bis), the villa La Chaufferette; he practiced in Étretat and died there in 1957. His brother Charles Michel Léon Fidelin was born in 1898; at 3 rue du Docteur Paul-Fidelin (formerly rue du Marché). It currently bears the name of rue des Docteurs Fidelin.

Etretat rue des Docteurs Fidelin aug23

The Seine Maritime dept 76 tourist office on Etretat :https://www.seine-maritime-tourisme.com/en/i-visit/10-key-places/etretat/etretat.php

There you go folks, a dandy town famous for its cliffs ,and a nice beach even with pebbles. This was an eventful find , Etretat, nice , friendly beach town we like it. Again, hope you enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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