Deauville (Normandy, France)

Deauville is with its race course, harbour, international film festival, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino and sumptuous hotels regarded as the “queen of the Norman beaches” and one of the most prestigious seaside resorts in all of France. As the closest seaside resort to Paris, the city and its region of the Côte Fleurie (Flowery Coast) has long been home to French high society’s seaside houses and is often referred to as the Parisian riviera. Since the 19th century, the town of Deauville has been a fashionable holiday resort for the international upper class. It is also a desirable family resort for the wealthy. In France, it is known perhaps above all for its role in Marcel Proust‘s In Search of Lost Time.

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Port Morny à Deauville, France — Port Morny at Deauville, France

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Zentrum Deauville, Frankreich — Center Deauville, France

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Statua Charles-Auguste de Morny a Deauville, Francia — Charles-Auguste de Morny Statue at Deauville, France

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Deauville owes its greater prominence to the Duc de Morny. He described the village as: Cité calme, aux rue désertes, elle forme avec Trouville, animée et bruyante, un contraste absolu. Mais ce manque de vie n’est, en réalité, qu’apparent, car de magnifiques propriétés, de même que les délicieux jardins qui les entourent, sont entretnus avec un soin on ne peut plus raffiné. Translation: “A quiet town, with deserted streets, it forms a complete contrast with the busy and noisy Trouville. But this lack of life is, in reality, only apparent, because the magnificent properties, and their delicious gardens, are maintained with a care that could not be more refined.”