Description
Deauville is famous for its many international events, as well as its horse racing, golf, luxury shops, its beach with the famous boardwalk, its casino, fairs and festivals. The Villa Strassburger, the Old School, the Old Presbytery and Saint Laurent's Chapel.
Shops
Mini-market, 50 metres.
All shops and services are available in the town centre (2 km): doctor’s surgery, pharmacy, cash machine, bureau de change and mini-market. Supermarket approximately 3 km away.
Leisure activities
Golf Club of Saint-Gatien-des Bois 18-hole and 9-hole courses, between Deauville and Honfleur.
20% discounted on the 18-hole green fees. Practice 6 holes (10 km) +33 (0)2 31 65 19 99.
Golf Club of Caen (45 km): 18-hole and compact 9-hole courses, practice range and putting-green
+33 (0)2 31 94 72 09.
Barrière de Deauville Golf course nearby (approx. 1 km away), 9 and 18 holes +33 (0)2 31 14 24 24.
Horse-riding: "L'Oxer" centre at Tourgeville / Deauville (2 km away): Instruction, techniques, rides on the beach + 33(0)2 31 88 99 51.
Tennis :Deauville municipal club on the beach: 19 courts (11 clay, 8 quick clay) (3 km away).
+ 33 (0)2 31 81 32 78.
Casino, 2 km away +33 (0)2 31 14 31 14.
The resort and surrounding area
Trips to the Côte Fleurie:
Trouville (2 km): its port, its Casino and its very special atmosphere.
Villers-sur-Mer (8 km): its market and lively pedestrian streets, its beach and beach clubs (in season) for children, the fossil cliffs of the "Vaches Noires" (listed, protected site), the marshes (nature reserve, lake and bird island).
Houlgate (14 km): renowned for its beach and Belle Epoque villas, as well as its lively centre.
Dives-sur-Mer (19 km): an ancient well-preserved town of appealing, authentic charm, with its 14th century indoor market and church, the village of William the Conqueror with its craftsmen and antique dealers, and its famous Hostellerie, a former coaching inn.
Cabourg (20 km): full of the charm of the traditional Normandy seaside resorts of the Belle Epoque, its fine sand beach, the casino and the famous Marcel Proust promenade. The typics streets over the Normandy (the cider road, traditions, windmills, the Vire and the Normandy-speaking Switzerland Gorges).
Trips to the Côte de Grâce:
Honfleur the town of painters and great navigators (15 km).
Excursions to the Côte de Nacre (Ouistreham, Courseulles, Bernières, Colleville etc.), Pays d’Auge (Pont L’évêque, Cambremer, Beuvron en Auge), Le Bessin (Arromanches, Bayeux), Caen, Rouen, Fécamp, Etretat.
Events
December: Christmas Market in Lisieux, “Noël au Balcon” (street theatre)
February/ March: The Côte Fleurie Car Rally, Crêpe Festival in Villers sur mer (7 km).
March: Asian Film Festival.