Le port de Fécamp, la ville sur la colline et la chapelle Notre-Dame du Salut
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Fécamp & ses falaises

32 km 35 min by car from L'Alcôve de Vittefleur
Nearby · 05

Bénédictine, the Notre-Dame du Salut chapel

A historic cod-fishing town, a harbour right in the centre, and one of the finest museums on the coast. The Palais Bénédictine — half museum, half distillery — is a 19th-century folly you should see at least once.

To see · to do

The essentials (03)

  1. La façade du Palais Bénédictine de Fécamp
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    The Palais Bénédictine

    Museum + distillery + collections of medieval furniture. Built in 1882 to make the liqueur of the same name. A 90-minute guided tour, with a tasting at the end. As strange as it is magnificent.

  2. La chapelle Notre-Dame du Salut sur la falaise d'Amont à Fécamp
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    The Notre-Dame du Salut chapel

    On the cliff, 110 m above the sea. An 11th-century sailors' chapel, a 270° view, and a wooden viewing platform that makes you feel you're about to fall. Thirty minutes on foot from town.

  3. La jetée, la plage de galets et la falaise de Fécamp
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    The harbour & the pebble beach

    A harbour right in town, fish restaurants on the quays, and just beyond, the pebble beach between the two cliffs (Amont & Aval). Sunset guaranteed.

Practical

Getting there — what to know

A full day: Bénédictine in the morning, lunch by the harbour, the chapel in the afternoon. Avoid Mondays (Bénédictine closed off-season).

Bénédictine
Open daily · €15 · 110 rue Alexandre Le Grand
Chapel
Free entry · parking below, 25 min on foot
Restaurants
Le Vicomté · La Marée · Le Maupassant
Fisheries Museum
By the harbour · €7 · good with children
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Six minutes from the sea.

Five rooms, from €59 a night.