Bénerville-sur-Mer / Blonville-sur-Mer / Saint-Arnoult / Saint-Gatien-des-Bois Saint-Pierre-Azif / Touques / Tourgéville Vauville / Villers-sur-Mer / NATURAL AREAS, PARKS 1 & 1 GARDENS ALL ABOUT INDEAUVILLE NATURE

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PARC DES ENCLOS CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN, A GARDEN AS I WANT IT TO BE

Chemin des Enclos in Bénerville-sur-Mer

This extraordinary park, situated on the 33-ha Enclos domain, hosts rare plants and combines different atmospheres favouring meditation and relaxation, as its designer wished. Calouste Gulbekian, aesthete and businessman, acquired the “Domaine des Enclos” in 1937. At the time, there was just a house surrounded by a large park sunk into oblivion. He wanted to 4 create here the garden he was dreaming of and entrusted Achille Duchêne 5 to carry out this project. The park combines the French classic-style gardens with geometrically disposed flower beds, the most irregular design of English gardens and Italian-style gardens with shaped yews and balustrades. Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86. The Parc des Enclos was managed by the Fondation Gulbenkian and donated to the City of Deauville in 1973.

“My desire is creating great harmony, excluding all small size objects, too common in style gardens (…...) preserving its romantic soul and emphasizing it, decorating it without exaggerating…”

Calouste Gulbenkian, Letter to Achille Duchêne, spring 1938 PRACTICAL INFORMATION The park is open from April to September: see dates on www.indeauville.fr Entry fee excluding on May 1st. Tickets are available on site or at the Tourist Information Offices of Blonville- sur-Mer, Deauville and Villers-sur-Mer. Access: Follow the “Chemin des Enclos” from the church of Bénerville-sur- Mer. Parking on the grass in front of the park entrance. In the middle of nature THE MARSHES OF BLONVILLE-VILLERS: ECOLOGICAL RICHNESS

The 120-ha marshes of Blonville-Villers consisting of wet grasslands, canals and ditches are classified as “Zone Naturelle d’Intérêt Faunistique et Floristique”. Though being close to the sea, it is a freshwater marsh fed by the water courses coming from the surrounding hillsides. This sensitive natural area is partially (about 40 ha) protected by the Conservatoire du littoral. The marshes have a varied fauna and flora. In the wet grasslands, hydrophytes plants (surviving to prolonged flooding) like phragmites, rushes and sedges are found. This “relaxing” environment shelters and nourishes over 150 species of birds that permanently live here or just pass by. The top of two poplars has been adjusted to favour storks’ nesting. Nationally protected species of 6 amphibians and reptiles are also found. 7 In Villers-sur-mer, playgrounds, benches, petanque grounds, a trail to discover fauna and flora and a 5-km furnished path welcome strollers and riders.

The Paléospace – Museum of offers marsh-discovery tours awakening your senses, trips in the nature and birdwatching strolls. See www.indeauville.fr

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 82 avenue Jean Moulin 14640 Villers-sur-Mer. Free access to the marshes of Blonville-Villers. Access: Car park at the Paléospace in Villers-sur-Mer and close to the railway station in Blonville-sur-Mer. PARC DES GRAVES EXTENDS FROM THE TOP OF THE CLIFF TO THE SEA Coastal route in Villerville

Enjoy this area that spreads from the top of the Roches Noires cliffs (see box below) to the sea and discover 800 m of pedestrian paths, one of them directly leading to the beach, a playground and a belvedere with a view on the sea. A remarkable fauna and flora are found: rare plants (sea kale, annual beard grass, stinking hellebore), wild plant species, remnants of ornamental gardens of olden times, as well as recent flower beds and ponds. A pond surrounded by trees hosts ducks and moorhens. It welcomes ducks and moorhens, but also sheep and goats, called “chèvres des fosses”. They are nicknamed “bramble crunchers” for their ability to eat all kinds of plants.

8 9 Under the Parc des Graves: The Roches Noires cliffs are 60-m-high cliffs stretching for 4 km along the coast between Trouville-sur-Mer and Villerville. Called “Black Rocks”, these cliffs are partially classified as To discover... “Environmentally Sensitive Area”. The 100-m-high Vaches Noires cliffs stretch over 4,5 km between the municipalities of They constitute an excellent Villers-sur-Mer and and make part of the preserved sites of the Conservatoire du natural cut of the geological littoral. formations - the oldest date back These cliffs are archaeologically interesting (several fossils were discovered here) and to the Late Jurassic period (160 geologically unique for the reliefs due to erosion. million years ago)-. paléontologique d’intérêt majeur (de nombreux fossiles y ont été découverts).

Access : from the beach of Villerville (check sea tides).

Access: from the beach of Villers-sur-Mer (check sea tides). Guided visits to PRACTICAL INFORMATION discover the cliffs are organized by the Tourist Information Office of Villers-sur- Free access to the Parc des Graves. . Mer: see www.indeauville.fr Access: Car park located at the entrance of Villerville from Trouville-sur-Mer. MONT-CANISY, A NATURAL PLACE FULL OF HISTORY

Rue du Canisy in Bénerville-sur-Mer

The 110-m-high Mont-Canisy offers a breath-taking view that overlooks the “Côte Fleurie”. The Mont-Canisy has been a seigniorial domain for centuries and is today a natural site protected by the Conservatoire du littoral and managed by the Conseil Départemental, which preserves its flora and fauna. It hosts over 200 species of plants, half of which are Mediterranean or mountain plants (juniper, dyer’s greenweed...) and many regionally protected species (Chiltern gentian, Vincetoxicum and round-headed rampion). It’s an oasis of orchids, with the fullest blooms of 13 species occurring from April to July. The park hosts 3 species of regionally protected birds (nightingale, grasshopper warbler and melodious warbler), several families of butterflies and a nationally protected snake: the Queen snake. Military facilities and natural caves favour the presence of bats.

10 11 Mont-Canisy: a historic site The strategic position of the Mont- Canisy, situated on the valley facing the Seine Bay, led it to be transformed into a coast artillery position: Pillboxes and cannon tanks, shelter- bunkers, protecting tobruks, shot direction post... as well as a unique underground structure on more than 150 m of coast placed 15 m under the ground, are the vestiges of that time… Guided visits are organized by the Amis du Mont-Canisy. See www.indeauville.fr

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Free access to the Mont-Canisy Access: In front of the church of Bénerville-sur-Mer, follow “Batteries du Mont-Canisy” (take the Chemin du Mont-Canisy from Rue de Touques). Park your car in the surroundings of the gate and reach the panoramic viewpoint on foot (250 m). Another access: Chemin de la Fontaine Marie (from the Chemin des Enclos)

THE CALL OF THE SAINT-GATIEN-DES-BOIS FOREST

in Saint-Gatien-des-Bois

It covers 3500 ha and is the largest forest in . It was originally called “Touques forest” and had many owners throughout the centuries. It was a royal domain, it belonged to nobles (Louise de Bourbon, Mlle de Montpensier...) and was broken up and sold to several buyers. It was used by brioleurs transporting logs, bundle of sticks or ferns. Their workmates were «mazette» horses: small horses equipped with a small bell to be easily found at night. Ulrich Güttinger, Swiss writer, had a private wooden chalet that represented for him the oasis he was longing for. He often welcomed here the greatest names of literature and art of his time: Victor and Adèle Hugo, Alfred de Musset, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Frédéric Chopin... Today, this forest has several 12 owners, who exploit it to produce wood or as a hunting domain. 13 Before the Revolution, wolves, stags, roe deer, fallow deer and wild boars could be easily seen. Nowadays, only foxes, hares and rabbits may be found here. Roe deer, wild boars and woodcocks live here in winter. Take the 9.5-km hiking trail, accessible out of the hunting period, to discover part of it!

PRACTICAL INFPORMATION Access : Start of the hiking path close to the Town Hall. Car park on site. ECOLOGY AT THE HEART OF THE ÉCO-DOMAINE DE BOUQUETÔT Chemin des Broches in Saint-Pierre-Azif

The domaine de Bouquetôt, covering 68 ha, is a large former breeding farm that bears evidence to the rural life and the Pays d’Auge heritage of the 17th and 18th centuries. The seven buildings, typical of the traditional half-timbering architecture, are scattered in a tree-filled meadow. The eco-domaine is since 2009 a benchmark in the innovative development of natural resources. The objective is enhancing lands and farms setting up ecological, economic and pedagogical activities. A shared garden and a bakehouse, an organic cattle farm, tree houses, a spirulina production area are found here. A wide range of teaching activities are organized around aromatherapy, spirulina 14 cultivation, natural beekeeping, permaculture, edible plants, but also walking 15 tours in the nature and a paper chase.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Free access to the Éco-domaine de Bouquetot Book the activities in advance: +33 (0)9 72 58 22 02 - ecopya.org Car park on site. 5 green areas on the seaside PARC DES RIVES AND PHOTOS

Quai de la Touques in Deauville

A green area was created along the Touques river with due respect for the surrounding natural environment. You can choose among two paths: the former is punctuated with a selection of Deauville images taken by the photographers PRACTICAL INFORMATION invited every year to the Planche(s) Contact Free access. Festival; the latter explores vegetation through a Accès : from the Pont des Belges 16 99-m ekki wood landing stage. 17 The Walk also continues to the other side, heading to the town of Touques.

THE GREENWAY ON FOOT, BY BIKE OR ON HORSEBACK

Between Deauville and Saint-Arnoult

The greenway covers 3.2 km from the city centre of Deauville to that of Saint-Arnoult. Walkers and sportsmen like striding along or driving on this pedestrian walk that crosses some of the main inDeauville leisure places: it stretches along the PRACTICAL INFORMATION long straight track of the Deauville-La Touques Access : from the Boulevard Mauger in racecourse, the local Parc de loisirs, the turf Deauville or close to the tennis fields in tennis fields of the Lawn Tennis Club Deauville Saint-Arnoult. Nomandie, the Longines Deauville International Equestrian Complex and follows the banks of the Boucles de la Touques to let you enjoy the view of ducks and swans. BOUCLES DE LA TOUQUES AND LOCAL FAUNA

Avenue Michel d’Ornano in Saint-Arnoult

The La Touques river, flowing into the sea in Deauville/Trouville-sur-Mer, was displaced in the 1860s to construct the railway line coming from . The irregular course of the river was adjusted to avoid building a bridge and the meander currently known as “la rivière morte de la Touques” progressively abandoned. The pedestrian-only banks are great to recharge your batteries in the PRACTICAL INFORMATION middle of nature. You can relax on a bench, play Car park on site. petanque or just enjoy the children’s playground. Fishing-lovers can enjoy the view of ducks and swans, but also fish carps, as this activity is permitted.

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PARC SAN CARLO AND BRIDGES

Route de Dives in Villers-sur-Mer

This oasis of nature, covering more than 600 m on the heights of Villers- sur-Mer, is a vestige of the great domain that belonged to the Béarn Countess PRACTICAL INFORMATION until its death in 1929 and invites to a nice shady Free access. walk that crosses several small bridges over the Access : from the Chemin San Carlo stream. de San Carlo (next to the Virgin statue) THE MONTCEL STREAM PATH AND ITS WATERFALL

Avenue de la Brigade Piron in Villers-sur-Mer

This path stretches for 2 km along the Montcel stream up to the marshes of Blonville-Villers. Try not to miss trout that may appear after a bend or at the bottom of a small waterfall! Two small wooden bridges have been added to cross the PRACTICAL INFORMATION stream. The path is bordered by a drop on the left Free access to the Montcel stream and a hill on the right. This topography favours the path. stream flowing into the marshes and the water Access : from Avenue de la Brigade environment. Piron

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FAUTEUILS EN SEINE

Around the marshes of Blonville-Villers, but also on the 12 municipalities of the Communauté de Communes Cœur Côte Fleurie, 52 urban benches designed by 24 amateur and professional artists invite you to discover the territory under a different point of view.

Bench map on www.indeauville.fr Fun gardens PARC DES LAIS DE MER, A GARDEN ALONG THE BEACH

Boulevard Cornuché in Deauville

This 4-ha vast seaside park is now the favourite playground for bathers, holidaymakers and sports lovers. You can relax under the sun on a bench, take a long stroll, go jogging on the fitness trail or stretch on wooden equipment. You can spend time with your family PRACTICAL INFORMATION at the children’s playground or walk around with your Free access to the leisure park. lover in the «jardin des cœurs» and seal your love, make Car park on site. promises or share secrets. You can also meet your friends at the skate park or in one of the two playgrounds to play basketball and football in

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LOCAL LEISURE PARK, HOT SPOT OF COLLECTIVE SPORTS

Chemin de la Briqueterie 14800 Touques

The leisure park is an 11-ha landscaped park. It was designed in an environmental strategy aimed at preserving the existing biotope (several amphibians and birds nest in the most humid areas of the park) and planting a high amount of plant species considered PRACTICAL INFORMATION typical of the pond (various species of trees and Free access to the leisure park. reedbeds). It is a nature-watching, fishing, walking and Access: Route des Créateurs from relaxing place, including playgrounds and sports fields: Deauville. Car park on site three grass football fields, two synthetic turf fields, a children’s playground, petanque areas, a 1-km fitness trail, a skating and cycling track for children

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4 2 1 4 Jardin des plantes Place Blot 14000 6 26 Caen Cambremer 27 Parc de la colline aux oiseaux 4 Mézidon Giverny Avenue Amiral Mountbatten 14000 Caen Vallée d’Auge 3 8 Jardins Suspendus 5 Rue du Fort, Rue Albert Copieux 76600 Le Havre

5 Parc de Rouelles 8 Rue de la Bouteillerie 76610 Le Havre

Jardins du Château de Vendeuvre 6 Jardins et Maison de Claude Monet Château 14170 Vendeuvre Fondation Claude Monet, 84 rue Claude Its French gardens were created in the Monet 27620 Giverny mid-eighteenth century at the same time as the castle. In the 19th century, they were converted into a landscaped park. The park was restored after 1970: the project of the 18th century was simplified and completed adding water sources and topiaries. +33 (0)2 31 40 98 83 - www.vendeuvre.com Opening hours of the Deauville Tourist Information Offices

32 bis avenue Michel d’Ornano - 14910 Blonville-sur-Mer - +33 (0)2 31 87 91 14 >From January to March and from October to December: from Monday to Saturday 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm. Open every day from April to June and in September: 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm – 6 pm Open every day in July and August: from Monday to Saturday 10 am - 7 pm and on Sunday and national holidays 10 am - 6 pm

Quai de l’impératrice Eugénie - 14800 Deauville - +33 (0)2 31 14 40 00 > From January to June and from September to December: from Monday to Saturday 10 am - 6 pm, on Sunday and national holidays 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm. In July-August: from Monday to Saturday 9:30 am - 7 pm, on Sunday and national holidays 10 am - 6 pm

20 place Lemercier - 14800 Touques - +33 (0)6 82 91 67 53 > Ouvert du jeudi au lundi 10h-13h / 14h-18h

Promenade Louis Delamarre - 14800 Tourgéville > Open from Thursday to Monday 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm

Place Mermoz - 14640 Villers-sur-Mer - +33 (0)2 31 87 01 18 28 > From January to March and from November to December: from Monday to Saturday 10 am - 1 28 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm and on Sunday during C zone school holidays. From April to June and in September and October: every day 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm In July-August: from Monday to Saturday 9:30 am - 7 pm, on Sunday and national holidays 10 am - 6 pm

40 rue du Général Leclerc - 14113 Villerville - +33 (0)2 31 87 77 76 >Open from Thursday to Monday during C zone school holidays: 2 pm - 6 pm and in the weekends 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm In May, June and September: in the weekends 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm In July-August: from Saturday to Wednesday 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm and on Thursday-Friday 2 pm - 6 pm

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