A weekend, a week or more... in Normandy
The Logis du Val is a perfect starting point for discovering all the treasures of Normandy: its enchanting villages, its green valleys, its beautiful beaches (Dieppe, Veules-les-Roses...), its numerous gardens and flower parks (Giverny), the Côte d’Albâtre (Alabaster Coast) with its remarkable sites (among which Etretat), its cities of art (Rouen, Eu, Fécamp...), the Seine Valley, Honfleur.
Around the Farm
- Walk around the fields
- Visit of the Farm and its animals
- Cow-milking demonstration
Surrounding Area
Country Rambles
Lovely walking, biking or horse riding trails around the farm (3 way-marked trails). Especially the Chasse-Marée route (GR21) linking Dieppe to Rouen, Frichemesnil being one of its 3 sites.
Gardens and Parks
You love gardens, parks and ‘potagers’? Nearby the Logis du Val, about a dozen gardens among the most beautiful in France await your visit!
- The Clères Zoological Park (4 km/2.48 mi )
- The Clos du Coudray flower park (4 km/2.48 mi): Famous for its 8.000 plant species
- The Agapanthe Gardens (8 km/4.9 mi): Original and luxuriant garden
- The Bois des Moustiers Park (35 min): Art & Craft style house, garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll
- The Plume Garden (35 min): Contemporary poetic stroll
- Claude Monet’s Garden at Giverny (1 h): where “Les Nymphéas” (“The Water Lilies”) were painted.
- The Boucles de la Seine Regional Park : exceptional fauna and flora (Marais Vernier). Within the Park, Normandy Abbey Routes (Jumièges, St-Georges-de-Boscherville, St-Wandrille)
Cities, sites and beaches
- ROUEN (20 min): City of art, superb old quarters, ancient half-timbered houses, its cathedral, its museums
- DIEPPE (30 min): Seaside resort, fishing port and marina, beach. To discover: the castle-museum hosting one of the most beautiful collections of ivory in Europe, large weekly market on Saturday.
- VARENGEVILLE-SUR-MER (35 min): Church overhanging the sea, valleuses carved in the chalk cliffs with access to the beaches
- VEULES-LES-ROSES (35 min): pretty beaches and valley (smallest river in Europe)
- SAINT-VALERY-EN-CAUX (45 min): Charming little marina
- FECAMP (1 h): Wonderful Bénédictine Palace
- ETRETAT (1 h): Natural site remarkable by its high cliffs carved by the sea – Rail biking
- HONFLEUR (50 min): Small marine city with picturesque lanes, old slate wall houses along the marina, full of charm.
- ESTEVILLE (5 km): Emmaüs Centre and the tomb of Abbé Pierre.
- Vallois Ropeworks Industrial Museums
- French Firemen Museum
- Château de Bosmelet
Gastronomy
- Gastronomic restaurant in the village Le Souper Fin (5 min walk)
- Restaurant Auberge du Moulin in Tôt (10 min by car)
Sports and Leisure
- 18 hole golf courses: Golf of Rouen La Forêt Verte, Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien, Golf of Dieppe, Golf of Saint Saens
- EANA (45 min): 1st sustainable development Leisure Park
- Tree Climbing Adventure Space
- The Bocasse Amusement Park
Local entertainment
Throughout the entire year, numerous festivities, festivals, farmer and artisan markets, exhibitions, shows are held:
- Flax Festival (June-July)
- Harvest Festival (August-September)
- Sea Festival (Summer, November)
- Story Festival (September-October)
- Church Concerts (June-July)
Whichever may be the season of your visit in our beautiful region...
In springtime, the apple trees are in blossom, the light and the sky are exceptional
In summer, the flax fields are covered in blue, the wheat fields in gold, the sea shimmers with turquoise reflections
In autumn, breath the enchanting smells of mushrooms, of ploughed earth and bathe in the wonderful colours of the beech and oak forests.
In winter, after a fine stroll, the chimney fire smells so good...