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Through services to Paris connect with all ferries at Dieppe, Le Havre and Cherbourg: if you're doing this journey, it's easiest to buy a combined rail–ferry–rail ticket at your point of departure.

Alençon to: Caen (8 daily; 1hr 20min) via Sées (13min) and Argentan (30min); Tours (3 daily; 2hr 10min) via Le Mans (1hr).

Caen to: Cherbourg (10 daily; 1hr 15min), via Bayeux (20min) and Valognes (1hr); Le Mans (7 daily; 2hr), via Argentan (45min) and Alençon (1hr 15min); Lisieux (hourly; 30min); Paris-St-Lazare (at least hourly; 2hr 10min); Rennes (4 daily; 3hr), via Bayeux (20min), St-Lô (50min), Coutances (1hr 15min) and Pontorson (2hr); Rouen (6 daily; 2hr); Tours (3 daily; 3hr).

Cherbourg to: Paris (10 daily; 3hr) via Valognes (15min) and Caen (1hr 15min).

Dieppe to: Paris-St-Lazare (14 daily; 2hr 10min) via Rouen (14 daily; 50min).

Granville to: Coutances (7 daily; 30min).

Le Havre to: Paris (12 daily; 2hr 15min); Rouen (12 daily; 1hr).

Rouen to: Caen (9 daily; 2hr); Paris-St-Lazare (24 daily; 1hr 15min); Vernon (20 daily; 30min).

St-Lô to: Caen (4 daily; 50min) via Bayeux (30min); Rennes (4 daily; 2hr 10min) via Coutances (20min) and Pontorson (1hr 15min).

Trouville-Deauville to: Lisieux (6 daily in winter, much more frequently in summer; 20min); Paris (6 daily in winter, much more frequently in summer; 2hr).

BUSES

Alençon to: Bagnoles (3 daily; 1hr); Évreux (1 daily; 2hr) via L'Aigle (1hr 40min); Vimoutiers (1–3 daily; 1hr 30min) via Sées (30min); Mortagne (1–3 daily; 1hr); Bellême (1–2 daily; 1hr).

Bayeux to: Arromanches (4 daily; 25min); Ouistreham (4 daily; 1hr 15min); Port-en-Bessin.

Caen to: Arromanches (1 daily; 1hr 10min); Bayeux (4 daily; 50min); Clécy (3–5 daily; 50min); Falaise (5–6 daily; 50min); Honfleur (14 daily; 1hr 30min) via Cabourg (40min), Houlgate (55min) and Deauville (1hr 5min), of which 4 continue to Le Havre (2hr 30min); Le Havre (2 daily bus #80 express services; 1hr 25min) via Honfleur (1hr); Ouistreham (20 daily; 30min); Pont L'Évêque (1–3 daily; 45min); Thury-Harcourt (3–5 daily; 40min).

Cherbourg to: St-Lô (2–3 daily; 1hr 30min); St-Vaast (2 daily; 1hr) via Barfleur (45min).

Dieppe to: Fécamp (4 daily; 2hr 20min); Le Havre (2 daily; 3hr 50min) via St-Valéry, Fécamp and Étretat; Le Tréport (3 daily; 30min); Paris (5 daily; 2hr 15min); St-Valéry (5 daily; 1hr).

Le Havre to: Caen (2 daily express services; 1hr 25min); Étretat (7 daily; 50min); Fécamp (7 daily; 1hr 30min); Honfleur (6 daily; 30min).

Mont St-Michel to: St-Malo (4 daily; 1hr 30min); Rennes (6 daily; 1hr 20min).

Rouen to: Dieppe (4 daily; 1hr 45min); Fécamp (2 daily; 2hr 30min); Le Havre (hourly; 2hr 45min) via Jumièges and Caudebec; Lisieux (2 daily; 2hr 30min); Le Tréport (2 daily; 2hr 30min).

St-Lô to: Bayeux (8 daily; 30min); Cherbourg (6 daily; 1hr 30min); Coutances (5 daily; 30min).

FERRIES

Caen (Ouistreham) to: Portsmouth (2–3 daily; 6hr), with Brittany Ferries (tel 08.03.82.88.28, www.brittany-ferries.com).

Cherbourg to: Poole (1–2 daily; 4hr 15min), with Brittany Ferries; Portsmouth (5–6 daily; 2hr 45min to 4hr 45min), with P&O (tel 08.03.01.30.13, www.poef.com); Rosslare (2–4 weekly; 17hr), with Irish Continental (tel 02.33.23.44.44, www.irishferries.com).

Dieppe to: Newhaven with Hoverspeed (late March to Sept only, 1–3 daily; 2hr 15min; tel 00800.1211.1211, www.hoverspeed.com) and Transmanche Ferries (2–3 daily; 4hr; tel 08.00.65.01.00, www.transmancheferries.com).

Le Havre to: Portsmouth (3 daily; 5hr 30min) with P&O.