Granville to Avranches.--Diligence, 16 miles.
AVRANCHES (Pop. 9000). Hotels: _d'Angleterre, de Bretagne, &c._ (accustomed to English people.)
[Excursion to Mont St. Michel and back in one day; Carriage, 15frs, (12s. 6d.). Distance, 10 miles; or by Pont Orson (the best route), 13 miles.]
Avranches to Vire.--Diligence, 36 miles (viâ Mortain).
VIRE (Pop. 8000). Hotel: _du Cheval Blanc_.
[Mortain to Domfront. Diligence, 17 miles. (Pop. 3000.) _Hotel de la Poste_.]
Vire to Falaise.--Diligence, 34 miles [or by Rly. 65 miles. Fare, 12frs. (9s. 9d.)]
FALAISE (Pop. 9000). Hotels: _de Normandie, &c._ (All commercial.)
Falaise to Rouen.--Rly. 83 miles (viâ Mezidon and Serquiny). Fare, 15frs. 50c. (12s. 6d.)
[At Serquiny turn off to Evreux, 26 miles. Fare from Serquiny, 4frs. 60c. (3s. 9d.) Hotel: _Grand Cerf_.]
ROUEN (Pop. 103,000). Hotels: _d'Angleterre, d'Albion, &c._ (none first-rate, generally full of English people.)
_List of the_ WATERING-PLACES OF NORMANDY, _from east to west, with a few notes for Visitors_.
Dieppe (Pop. 20,000).--Busy seaport town--fashionable and expensive during the season--good accommodation facing the sea--pretty rides and drives in the neighbourhood--shingly beach, bracing air.
HOTELS: _Royal, des Bains, de Londres, &c. Ry. to Paris._
Fécamp (13,000).--A dull uninteresting town, inns second-rate and dear, in summer--situated on a river, the town reaching for nearly a mile inland.
HOTELS: _de la Plage, des Bains, Chariot d'Or. Ry. to Paris._
Étretat (2000).--Romantic situation--bracing air--rocky coast--shingly beach--only two good hotels--a few villas and apartments--no town--very amusing for a time.
HOTELS: _Blanquet, Hauville, Dil. to Fécamp, and Havre._
Havre (75,000).--Large and important seaport on the right bank of the Seine--harbour, docks, warehouses, fine modern buildings, streets, and squares--picturesque old houses and fishing-boats on the quay--bathing not equal to Dieppe or Trouville.
HOTELS: _de l'Europe, de l'Amirauté, &c., and Frascatî's on the sea-shore. Ry. to Paris; Steamboats to Trouville, &c._
Honfleur (10,000).--Opposite Havre, on the Seine--old and picturesque town--pleasant walks--English society--sea-bathing, "_mais quels bains_," says Conty, "_bains impossible!_" Living is not dear for residents.