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Start your Seine-side sojourn with a 15-minute stroll along the riverbank to Caudebec-en-Caux, to visit the Seine museum and wander around some of the town’s historic buildings, including two 14th-century towers and the gothic Notre-Dame church (reputedly declared by Henry IV to be the the most beautiful in his kingdom). Boat trips and canoe excursions can be taken from the town as well, and there’s a riding stables 15 minutes’ drive away for lessons and woodland hacks. If you’d rather explore on foot or by bike there are heaps of trails around the Boucles de la Seine Normande Regional Natural Park, including the lovely Fruit Route through the orchards. If you’re hankering for some sea air, it should take less than an hour to drive to the coast – head for the gleaming white cliffs of Etretat, the pretty port of Honfleur or the lengthy stretch of beach just north of Le Havre.