2020 Cap Fagnet Hike
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Welcome to Fécamp!
You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to discover Fécamp on foot.
From theTourist Office or the railway station, which are centrally located between the port and the town centre, our architectural treasures are between 5 and 25 minutes’ walk away.
The Fécamp Tourist Office has luggage lockers to make your stay and your walks easier.
The Côte d’Albâtre is 140km of coastline stretching from Le Havre to Le Tréport, via Dieppe, Fécamp and Etretat.
Its name, Côte d’Albâtre, comes from its immense white chalk cliffs, forming a great wall plunging into a sea of changing colours. In fact, this is what inspired many of the Impressionist painters who came to stay in our beautiful destination.
This wild, vertiginous coast hides a rich variety of flora and fauna, with its cliffs and pebble beaches offering the gentle sound of waves coming and going with the tides.
On the cliffs, on the beach or in the sea: there are many ways to discover the Côte d’Albâtre!
Let’s start with one of Fécamp’s must-sees: Cap Fagnet!
This cliff and the silhouette of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Salut will undoubtedly attract you.
Although this is the highest point on the Côte d’Albâtre, culminating at 110 metres above sea level, it’s easily reached on foot via the sente au matelot (sailor’s path) from theTourist Office in 25 to 30 minutes.
To discover its hidden treasures in a different way, take to the road on an electric scooter, with the added bonus of a Trott N’Ride guide’s expert commentary!
Come and see us at theTourist Office for more details!
After a verdant wooded valley, the village overlooking the sea appears, sheltered from the westerly winds by its Chicard… and upstream, the line of cliffs curves its long vertical wall towards Fécamp, forming a magnificent natural bay.
Enjoy a quiet, peaceful moment in this fishing village, while sampling seafood on the terrace of one of its restaurants.
Or take the GR®21: with comfortable footwear, follow this path that promises magnificent panoramas and a fair amount of change in altitude…
If you’re in Fécamp, it’s probably to enjoy the sea spray and the maritime atmosphere!
If that’s the case, you’ll want to explore the port on foot, strolling along the quays and piers.
PHARE VERT - Sea outing Shooting Sea Outing 30
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PORT OF FÉCAMP
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Port Fecamp
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Before you head out into the open sea, exhilarated by the spray, check the tide times!
Because the lush green meadows and undergrowth of our countryside are just as beautiful and revitalising as the sea, we invite you to explore our region and discover the “beautiful corners of Normandy”.
The Pays de Caux is a vast plateau that rises gently towards the east, from an altitude of 100 to 180 metres, and ends with the cliffs of the Côte d’Albâtre, the highest of which at Cap Fagnet, in Fécamp, is 110 metres high.
The Cauchoise countryside and its picturesque villages are home to numerous châteaux and manor houses, as well as a special type of rural architecture known as “clos-masures”.
A “clos-masure ” is a meadow housing a farm, surrounded by hedges that act as windbreaks to shelter the buildings. These farm and residential buildings are traditionally made of brick and flint and are scattered between meadows, ponds, orchards and vegetable gardens. The trees are planted on an embankment about one metre high. Beech, oak and, nowadays, poplar are used because of their rapid growth. This hedge creates a microclimate that generally allows apple trees to be grown for cider production. It also protects young livestock and poultry.
Another special feature of the Cauchois countryside is the flax!
Sown in March/April, the flax springs up in May, an undulating green.
June is the best time to come and admire it: its blue flowers with their fragile funnel-shaped petals open every morning and fade in the afternoon for a fortnight. It’s a magical, ephemeral period.
They then become small capsules from which the seeds are extracted. Later in the summer, the seeds are removed, the husks removed and the flax fibres retted to make them easier to separate.
Take advantage of these fine days to stroll along the Véloroute du Lin through the fields!
Champs De Lin Gr21 To Cap Fagnet
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Rando Le Hetre Champs De Lin
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Cut linen
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Champs De Lin Gr21 To Cap Fagnet
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Get on your bikes and pedal along the Véloroute du Lin towards Valmont for a half-day (or more) nature trail.
A charming little country village, Valmont boasts a rich historical and natural heritage: its church, castle, abbey and numerous water mills invite you to enjoy a moment of tranquillity…
The Valmont is also a small river. Its sources, which flow as far as Fécamp to empty into the sea, can be seen at Le Vivier in Valmont.
On site, our coach services can take you to Yport, Etretat or Le Havre: economical, ecological and practical!
Bus timetables are available from your Tourist Office.
