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Honfleur’s latest hotel is an old building with a contemporary interior: quarry-tiled floors, pale cream walls, black-and-white photographs; and in the breakfast room, black iron tables, black wicker chairs and modern lighting. Bedrooms, in a separate building across a courtyard, are very quiet.

This 17th-century relais de poste has an excellent restaurant and brasserie, a fine wood-panelled salon, and bedrooms that blend old with new.

This classically proportioned town house is an efficiently run bed-and-breakfast. Rooms vary in size, but are all decorated in quite good taste with, for the most part, larger-than-average bathrooms. Guests can use the smart, light, drawing room and the garden. There is off-street parking.

This 17th-century coaching inn in the centre of Vernon started life as a manor house of the count of Evreux. Its excellent restaurant, Le Relais Normand, has a romantic courtyard where you can dine in summer. The pleasant rooms have a pleasingly rustic feel.

Half-board offers the best value at this small hotel-bar-restaurant opposite a popular cattle market (Monday is market day). The food is the main draw here – good regional fare prepared by the charming, voluble chef, and attentively served – but there are also seven bedrooms. Downstairs, the modern French decoration includes the obligatory television; this is very much a place for locals.

Below the remains of Château Gaillard (see Les Andelys and Château Gaillard), this friendly 18th-century inn by the Seine is always a welcome sight. Expect kind staff, slightly scruffy antiques, modern bathrooms and superb food.

This family-oriented, four-star campsite has a great swimming pool complex, with water chutes, kids’ activities and organized entertainment.

This typical old stone building in one of the prettiest villages on the Hague Peninsula has been carefully restored to provide cosy lodgings. Closed mid-November to mid-March.

On the seafront opposite the D-Day Musée du Débarquement, this is a popular base for visiting the landing beaches. It has a pleasant seafood restaurant, simple bedrooms, and an unfussy, old-fashioned air.