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The Hôtel de Londres, in Dieppe

The Hôtel de Londres is a witness of the seaside golden age of Dieppe, the first seaside resort of France from 1824. The Dieppe audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this prestigious past, when the Parisian and English aristocracy came to take the sea baths on the Côte d'Albâtre.

The doyenne of the seaside resorts

From Le Tréport up to Le Havre, the Côte d'Albâtre was very early attached to the seaside practices. Doyenne in this domain in France since 1824, Dieppe was the prized destination of all the Parisian and English aristocracy, which came to take the sea baths then in vogue. At that time, the doctors recommended the benefits of the sea water and the marine air, and the high society made of Dieppe a fashionable holiday place, frequented by the crowned heads, including the Duchess of Berry, who contributed to launch the fashion of the baths. The town then endowed itself with bathing establishments, elegant hotels and facilities intended to welcome this wealthy clientele, and the Hôtel de Londres is among the witnesses of this great era. Its façade and its name evoke the close links of Dieppe with the very close England and the refinement of the seaside life of the past. Still today, the town cultivates this heritage of first seaside resort of France. A witness of the seaside golden age and the art of living of the past, the Hôtel de Londres is a fine stop of the discovery of Dieppe.

What to see

Here you discover a witness of the seaside golden age of Dieppe, doyenne of the seaside resorts of France since 1824, when the Parisian and English aristocracy, following the crowned heads like the Duchess of Berry, came to take the sea baths in vogue; its façade and its name evoke the close links of the town with England and the refinement of the holidaying of the past. The Hôtel de Londres is a witness of the golden age of Dieppe. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Hôtel de Londres lies in Dieppe, on the seafront side, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the street. You discover it during a walk in the town, on the trail of its past as the first seaside resort of France.

Why is Dieppe the doyenne of the seaside resorts of France?

Because, from 1824, it was the first seaside destination of France: the Parisian and English aristocracy, following the crowned heads like the Duchess of Berry, came to take the sea baths then in vogue, and the town endowed itself with bathing establishments and elegant hotels like the Hôtel de Londres, witnesses of this great era on the Côte d'Albâtre.

Where is the Hôtel de Londres in Dieppe?

In Dieppe, on the seafront side, in France.