Alabaster Coast, Seine-Maritime
Renting a holiday home in Normandy: ideas for your stay
The Demeure Normande Bleue sleeps 11, plus 2 children or babies, in a one-hectare enclosed garden 10 minutes from the sea. How you plan the stay depends on the season, the size of your group and what brings you to the Alabaster Coast.
Each page below covers one situation, with drive times measured from the house, the rules that matter and our own advice. Availability and bookings are handled by the Idylliq concierge service.
The essentials
The house, how close it is to the sea, weekends and large families: the four pages to start with.
Holiday home in NormandyThe house, what is included and how to book.
House near the seaBeaches ten minutes away, and a quiet village to sleep in.
Renting for a weekendTwo nights outside high season: what the format really allows.
Large family houseEleven places to sleep, enclosed grounds and everything for children.
A weekend or a week
Two nights or seven, towards Fécamp or towards Dieppe: how to plan the stay around its length.
- Renting by the weekSeven nights to mix big days out, markets and days in the grounds.
- Weekend near FécampTwo days to the west: market, harbour, headland and coast roads.
- A week near FécampSeven days west of the house, from Fécamp to Le Havre.
- Weekend near DieppeDieppe on Saturday, the coastal villages on the drive back.
- A week near DieppeSeven days to the east: Dieppe, Varengeville and the villages along the road.
Around the house
The Alabaster Coast, the Pays de Caux and the nearby towns, with drive times from Butot-Vénesville.
- Holiday home, Alabaster CoastExplore 130 km of cliffs from a house halfway along the coast.
- Holiday rental, Pays de CauxFlax fields, clos-masures and markets: the Caux countryside around the house.
- Holidays in Seine-MaritimeRouen, Le Havre, Étretat, Dieppe: the whole département as day trips.
- Stay near Veulettes-sur-MerA week of beach days at Veulettes, then back to sleep somewhere quiet.
- Holiday home near FécampFécamp in 25 minutes, via Valmont or the coast, then back to the quiet.
- Near Saint-Valery-en-CauxSaint-Valery-en-Caux in 20 minutes: harbour, markets and the memory of 1940.
- Near Veules-les-RosesGetting your day at Veules-les-Roses right: the right time, the right car park.
- Holiday home near ÉtretatMake the most of a day in Étretat, then sleep away from the crowds.
Coming as a group
Friends, several families, three generations together: how the house works depending on who comes.
- Capacity: sleeps 10 to 12Bed by bed, how 10, 11 or 12 people actually fit in.
- Group accommodationFood shopping, travel, house rules and splitting the bill for a group stay.
- A stay with friendsEvenings at the bar, days on the coast, and nights when everyone sleeps.
- For two or three familiesTwo or three households, each with its own space, and the children together outside.
- Family reunionsGrandparents, grandchildren and one big meal: getting a family reunion right.
Season by season
A cool summer, August, winter by the stove, February and Easter holidays, autumn half-term, Christmas, May bank holidays: what each period brings on the coast.
- Cool summer holidaysFour to five degrees cooler than Paris, with nights that properly cool down.
- October half-termThe stove lit, a quiet coast and fresh scallops: autumn in the Pays de Caux.
- Christmas in NormandyChristmas dinner by the stove, Rouen's market and winter tides on the coast.
- May bank holiday in NormandyThree or four spring nights, between rapeseed in flower and a still-quiet coast.
- Winter in NormandyA wood stove, embers outside and an empty coast from January to March.
- February half-termWellies, an aquarium and dens in the sitting room: winter for kids in the Pays de Caux.
- Easter in NormandyAn egg hunt in the enclosed grounds and springtime on the coast.
- August in NormandyBook your August week and enjoy the coast without the crowds.
What the house offers
A one-hectare enclosed garden, a house equipped for babies and children, and fibre broadband for working in peace.
- House with a large gardenAn enclosed, tree-filled hectare around the house, the sea 10 minutes away.
- Holiday home with childrenBunk beds, travel cots, a swing set and enclosed grounds: what awaits the children.
- Holidays with a babyNaps, first steps and pebble beaches with a child aged 0 to 4.
- Remote working in the countrysideFibre broadband, a long table and the sea 10 minutes away after work.
Our guides
Beaches, days out with children, getting here from Paris and beyond: everything to plan before you book.