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Côte d'Albâtre is one of France’s great natural sites — bring good shoes and a camera. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Côte d'Albâtre
Running along the coast of the Pays de Caux in Normandy, the Côte d'Albâtre — the "Alabaster Coast" — is a magnificent wall of white chalk cliffs plunging straight into the Channel for more than a hundred kilometres, from Le Havre to Le Tréport. Its crowning glory is Étretat, where the sea has carved the chalk into soaring natural arches and a needle of rock that inspired Monet, Courbet and countless painters. Elsewhere, tiny valleys break the cliffs to shelter fishing ports like Fécamp and Dieppe, and clifftop paths offer dizzying views over the pale ramparts and shingle beaches below. Dramatic, luminous and forever gnawed by the sea, the Côte d'Albâtre is one of the most striking coastlines in northern France.