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Dieppe is the nearest beach to Paris, lively all year round. It is well-known for a failed landing operation by predominantly Canadian Allied forces during WW2, on the 19th of August 1942. You won't find a French flag flying in Dieppe without a Canadian flag alongside it. Dieppe has a long and interesting history, having been an important port linking William the Conquerer's kingdom of England with his native Normandy Dukedom in the 11th century, and having endured centuries of conflict right up until 1944. Today, it's an important ferry and fishing port, and a pleasant seaside resort.
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The Transmanche Ferry [url=http://www.transmancheferries.com]]from [[Newhaven[/url]], [wiki=64f607906be7598a02d75dbc1e979662]England[/wiki] carries cars and foot passengers across the English Channel in about 4 hours for 15 pounds each way. The ferry has a bar, shop, restaurant, and lounge deck. Arrive by train from [wiki=25f815808553ecb1af140011841c1a22]Rouen[/wiki] (40 minutes - 10 Euros) or [wiki=e20d37a5d7fcc4c35be6fc18a8e71bfa]Paris[/wiki] (2 hours - 22 Euros). The town also has a small aerodrome, situated in Saint-Aubin (2 miles away).
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Dieppe is a small town with a population of about 35,000 (54,000 for the metropolitan area called Dieppe Maritime). Most of the tourist destinations are within walking distance of hotels, but you can hire bicycles for a few Euros per day from opposite the tourist information office[http://www.tourisme.fr/dieppe/e_index.htm] in the harbour area.
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ESTRAN Cité de la Mer [url=http://estrancitedelamer.free.fr].]Marine museum with displays that cover shipping, fishing, geography, and the history of Dieppe. Open 10-12am and 2-6:30pm daily. Entry €3.
*Château-Musée de Dieppe [url=http://www.mairie-dieppe.fr/boussole/boussole.php?pg=/chateau-musee/b-musee.html[/url].]The Castle Museum. Fine art and carvings exhibited in the well preserved castle building. Open 10-12am and 2-6:00pm daily. Entry €5. There are three entrances, but the most interesting access is through the tower based in the Square du Canada.
* This is a small but well-presented museum that has taken over the Italian-style Petit Theatre. Fascinating film with interviews with those who were there. You will need about an hour to watch it all and look at the museum.
*L'eglise Saint Jacques contains an unusual 16th century freize depicting tribal life in the Amazon, commissioned by the Dieppoise explorer Jean Ango. The church also houses a set of stained glass windows commemorating the 1639 departure of three Augustine Sisters to Quebec, where they founded the Hôtel-Dieu du Quebec-the first hospital in North America-and the Canadian raid on Dieppe 303 years later.
*The historic town center, reconstructed by M. De Ventabren, architect to Louis XIV, after the bombardment of 1694.
*La Maison Miffant, the oldest house of the city. It can be found rue d'Ecosse, just behind the Dieppe City of Art and History information center.
*International Kite Festival [http://dieppe-cerf-volant.org/dccv/ukaccueil.html[/url], held every other (even numbered) year in September.
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The Saturday morning market is a must-see. It is one of the largest and one of the most popular markets in Normandy. From 8am to 12:30pm you can find almost everything there.
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For French grocery products, try chez Olivier, in the rue Saint-Jacques. A lot of good cheese, wine and coffee can be found there.
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There are plenty of traditional French restaurants, especially seafood restaurants, around the quayside area. Most of them are located on the street Henry IV. Comptoir à Huîtres, La Marmite Dieppoise, La Moule Qui Chanti, Le Grand Duquesne, Le Bistrot du Pollet, Le Havre and Les Voiles d'Or are all very good restaurants. QG serves excellent crepes. They can all be found in the town center except for Les Voiles d'Or, situated just opposite the Bonsecours chapel.
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Vegetarian
You won't find a veggie restaurant in Dieppe-they're rare in France. In fact, vegetarians will have a hard time in most restaurants here. Two good options are the excellent Turkish Ankara restaurant (rue de la Rade, near the harbour entrance), and the Indian Bombay Restaurant (15 Areades de la Poissonerie). There is a Dieppe restaurant La Bekaa that serves good vegetarian cuisine.
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The café des Tribunaux, situated in the heart of the city, is the oldest and the most popular café in town. It often gets crowded at weekends but has a very nice atmosphere to it.
For a town of its size, Dieppe has quite a few bars and pubs, and most of them stay open late (2am weekdays/4am weekends). For good cocktails, try the Epsom and the Europe on the seafront, the Cactus and the Pirate on the Quai Henry IV or the Cambridge pub in the town center. For a very French ambiance, you can try La Potinière, l'Entracte or le Mieux Ici Qu'en Face, three rather cheap and very popular small cafés.
Music venues inclued the Manhattan (rue Duquesne), the Madison (rue Saint-Rémy), the Movabé (île du Pollet) and the Abordage, in the Casino.
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Avenue Verte - Hire a bike, and head for the 40km traffic free Avenue Verte, which follows the old Paris-Dieppe railway. Follow the Rue du Géneral Chazny out of town, through Rouxmesil-Bouteilles to Arques la Bataille. Bear left then right to Saint Aubin le Cauf - you'll find the start of the Avenue Verte before you get to St Aubin.
* Parc Naturel Éducatif Guy Weber, just a few kilometers from the start of the Avenue Verte. It's a wetland reserve managed by APEI (L'Association de Parents d'Enfants Inadaptés de Dieppe), you'll find the ecology well documented, and a host of interesting artworks around the meadows. If you don't want to ride from Dieppe, you can hire bikes here and head on south along the Avenue Verte.
*Saint-Marguerite-sur-Mer. With neighbouring Varengeville, an attractive area just 5km to the west of Dieppe. The painter Georges Braque is buried in the Church of Saint Marguerite.
* [wiki=64f607906be7598a02d75dbc1e979662]England[/wiki] - Go across the channel to [wiki=17a1291504dfc8894b46dd0861e45974]Newhaven[/wiki] in [wiki=dea244d79721d83284056128f270d762]East Sussex[/wiki]. Services take around 4 hours and leave from the outer harbor and are run by Transmanche Ferries[url=http://www.transmancheferries.com/].]Despite the size of this car ferry, places reserved for pedestrians are relatively limited, so you will need to book in advance.
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