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The Motor Routes of France: To the Châteaux of Touraine, Biarritz, the Pyrenees, the Riviera, & the Rhone ValleyHome, Gordon

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The Motor Routes of France: To the Châteaux of Touraine, Biarritz, the Pyrenees, the Riviera, & the Rhone Valley

Name: The Motor Routes of France: To the Châteaux of Touraine, Biarritz, the Pyrenees, the Riviera, & the Rhone Valley
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Automobile travel -- France -- Guidebooks; France -- Description and travel

Kil.      Miles.
=Havre= to Harfleur                             =7=         4½
=Harfleur= to Lillebonne via
  St. Romain de Colbosc                        =29=        18
=Lillebonne= to Caudebec                       =16=        10
=Caudebec= to Jumièges                         =14½=        9
=Jumièges= to Duclair                           =7=         4½
=Duclair= to St. Martin Boscherville            =9=         5½
=St. Martin Boscherville= to Rouen             =11=         6¾


DIEPPE TO ROUEN, 36 MILES

(58 KILOMETRES)

DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE

                                               Kil.      Miles.
=Dieppe= to Tôtes                              =29=        18
=Tôtes= to Maromme                             =24=        15
=Maromme= to Rouen                              =5=         3


BOULOGNE TO ROUEN, 109½ MILES

(176 KILOMETRES)

DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE

                                               Kil.      Miles.
=Boulogne= to Montreuil (via Samer)            =35=        21½
=Montreuil= to Abbeville                       =40=        25
=Abbeville= to Neufchâtel                      =56=        35
=Neufchâtel= to Rouen                          =45=        28

CALAIS TO BOULOGNE

1. By the coast                                =39=        24
2. By Marquise                                 =36=        22


NOTES FOR DRIVERS

     =Harfleur.=--On the way to St. Romain, a long ascent, with four
     turns.

     =St. Romain de Colbosc.=--Steam tramway.

     =Lillebonne.=--After leaving the town, a steep ascent, with sharp
     bends.

     =Caudebec-en-Caux.=--A long, winding descent; 5 kilometres farther, a
     dangerous level crossing (_passage à niveau_).

     =Canteleu.=--Steep, winding descent into Rouen for 3 kilometres.

     =In bad weather=, when the roads are likely to be sticky and greasy,
     the route by the Seine described here is often troublesome to
     motorists, and those who wish to avoid such inconvenience, and have
     perhaps travelled through Caudebec before, are advised to go
     through Bolbec and Yvetot to Rouen.


PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE

     =Havre.=--Second port of France; founded in 1514 by order of François
     I. Church of Notre Dame, Early Renaissance.

     =Graville.=--Suburb of Havre; eleventh century church of the Abbey of
     Ste. Honorine.

     =Harfleur.=--Picturesque old town; flamboyant church, with fine spire
     and north porch; old houses.

     =Lillebonne.=--Small town in a pretty valley; Roman theatre; castle,
     thirteenth century, with slight remains of the Norman predecessor,
     in which the Conqueror held his council for the invasion of
     England.

     =Caudebec-en-Caux.=--Extremely picturesque old town on the Seine;
     streets full of old timber houses and a rich flavour of
     medievalism. Church commenced in 1426; exceedingly rich in
     sculpture; magnificent spire.

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The Motor Routes of France: To the Châteaux of Touraine, Biarritz, the Pyrenees, the Riviera, & the Rhone Valley

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