While Le Havre is just a big industrial harbor for your boat, it is from here that you would set out to see the Normandie D-Day beaches. They tailor their stops for Canadian, US, and British tourist as each beach was different. We visited the American Cemetery which was a solemn stop on an otherwise joyous trip, as you realize the sacrifice so many young men made. The people of Normandy have never ...
Similarly to the other ports, we were misled by the cruise and told this would be Paris when in fact it was not. We booked a shore excursion to go to Paris in which we had little to no time to actually explore the city and get to see everything we wanted to. The cruise line only gave us about two to three hours to actually explore the city before we had to be back on the bus to the ship. By the ...
Port for visiting Paris but this is quite far away. We rented a car and visited the beautifull cliffs of L Etretat at half an hour. Beaches of Normandy is another good option. The city itself is not very inviting. ...
Our stay in Le Havre included three tours. The tour of Honfleur was interesting but we were there about an hour longer than was needed. After touring, we were given about 90 minutes to walk around on our own and shop in Honflueur. It was a Monday morning and not many shops were open, and I wasn't interested in the shops that were open. I talked with several other people in my group and we ...
Le Havre proved a hidden delight. The walk into town from the ship was about 20 minutes - there was a shuttle bus available. In the town were several restaurants and bars, shops. The town had been extensively bombed in WW2 and rebuilt. Whilst Notre Dame Cathedral had been restored to its gothic glory, St Joseph's had been rebuilt as a brutalist church. The real delight was the Volcan complex, ...
We wanted to treat some family members to a cruise which they hadn't experienced before and the price was reasonable for 3 nights
We had to pay for a shuttle bus to take us from ship into Le Havre. Unfortunately there wasn't much to see or do there ...