Trouville and Deauville share their gare SNCF and gare routière, in between the two just south of the marina. Each day, seven of the hourly buses from Caen continue along the coast to Honfleur. Visits to the tourist office on place de la Mairie in Deauville (July to mid-Sept Mon–Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 10am–1pm & 3–6pm; May & June Mon, Tues & Thurs 9am–12.30pm & 2–6.30pm, Wed 10am–12.30pm & 2–6.30pm, Fri & Sat 9am–6.30pm, Sun 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; mid-Sept to April Mon, Tues & Thurs–Sat 9am–12.30pm & 2–6.30pm, Wed 10am–12.30pm & 2–6.30pm, Sun 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; tel 02.31.14.40.00, www.deauville.org), or the one at 32 quai F. Moureaux in Trouville (July & Aug Mon–Sat 9.30am–7pm, Sun 10am–4pm; April–June, Sept & Oct Mon–Sat 9.30am–noon & 2–6.30pm, Sun 10am–1pm; Nov–March Mon–Sat 9.30am–noon & 1.30–6pm, Sun 10am–1pm; tel 02.31.14.60.70, www.trouvillesurmer.org), are repaid with the usual lavish brochures.As you might imagine, hotels tend to be either luxurious or overpriced. The Hôtel des Sports, 27 rue Gambetta (tel 02.31.88.22.67; 55–70; closed Sun in winter), behind Deauville's fish market, is among the least expensive, while Le Trouville, 1 rue Thiers (tel 02.31.98.45.48; 30–40; closed Jan), is Trouville's closest equivalent. If you fancy staying right on the seafront, it's hard to beat the Flaubert, rue Gustave-Flaubert (tel 02.31.88.37.23, www.flaubert.fr; 55–70), a grand faux-timbered mansion at the start of Trouville's boardwalk, which is home to the recommended Le Vivier restaurant. Trouville also has a campsite, Le Chant des Oiseaux (tel 02.31.88.06.42; closed mid-Nov to March). A good place to eat in Deauville is Chez Miocque at 81 rue Eugène-Colas (tel 02.31.88.09.52), a top-quality Parisian-style bistro with prices (around 40) that are high but not outrageous. Trouville has some good fish restaurants including Les Vapeurs, opposite the attractive old half-timbered fish market at 160 bd F. Moureaux (tel 02.31.88.15.24), and La Petite Auberge, 7 rue Carnot (tel 02.31.88.11.07; closed Tues all year, plus Wed in winter), though both get very crowded at weekends. Deauville's American Film Festival, held in the first week of September, is the antithesis of Cannes, with public admission to a wide selection of previews.
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