This route invites you to cycle from Dieppe to Le Havre. A land of contrasts, blending nature and industrial landscapes, the Alabaster Coast is known for its 120 kilometers of cliffs. Explore this region by participating in the events of the Normandy Impressionist Festival along your route.
Stage 1
38.8 km
From Dieppe, head to Hautot-sur-Mer, to the Jardin des Loups to participate in the Révolutions du Vivant: Art'griculture. On site: visits, creations and an exhibition in a 1.5 hectare garden.
Next, head to Varengeville-sur-Mer. In this village, often visited by many artists such as Renoir, Monet, or Pissarro, you can discover an exhibition, À fleur de forêt, by Jacques Perconte, a visual artist and experimental filmmaker, creating works based on the digital transformation of video images in the Impressionist aesthetic.
© Jacques Perconte, À fleur de forêt, Musée Michel Ciry, 2026
In Varengeville-sur-Mer, you can also see a minimalist installation, Les Balises, which questions the retreat of the cliffs that threaten the gardens of the coast.
Continue your journey towards Saint-Valery-en-Caux. On your way, be sure to stop in Veules-les-Roses, a picturesque town with charming narrow streets. End your day in Saint-Valery-en-Caux with a stroll along the pebble beach in a town frequented by all the painters and writers who have stayed on the Alabaster Coast.
Stage 2
62.9 km
Head to Étretat, famous for its iconic cliffs. Stroll around the square, a source of inspiration for artists like Claude Monet, who created more than 80 works about this place, immortalizing the fleeting moments of this poetic location.
In the Gardens of Étretat, a magnificent site combining landscape architecture and sculptures, you can discover the choreographic performance Les Eaux Dormantes.
© Etretat Gardens – Marine Nouvel by Jenia Filatova
Stage 3
40.7 km
Head to Le Havre, the city where Monet painted Impression, Sunrise, the iconic work that gave its name to the Impressionist movement.
Step inside the André Malraux Museum of Modern Art (MuMa), home to the second largest collection of Impressionist works in France, after the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. As part of the Normandy Impressionist Festival, discover an exhibition of around one hundred works by Monet dedicated to his formative years in Le Havre.
At MuMa, you can also discover Water Lilies Ai Weiwei's, the work composed of 650,000 LEGO® pieces which echoes Monet's famous series, Water Lilies.
To end your day, head to Le Portique, a regional contemporary art center, to discover an exhibition of The Story of Fixity by Noémie Goudal, an artist who redefines the notion of landscape in our contemporary society.
© Noémie Goudal, Supra Strata, 2024 © Studio Noémie Gouda
