Electric bike ride: Deauville's Secret tales, Nature & History

Our Starway electric bike rental and sales shop welcomes you all summer. Feel free and inspired as you ride on our home-designed cycling itineraries in Normandy and Calvados, crafted by local experts for your best enjoyment. You can pick from a half-day, a day or more. Discover the Côte Fleurie and the Pays d'Auge, on the Gourmet, Historical or Nature rides. Then you can chill in our terrace enjoying a nice cup of coffee, on Deauville Peninsula, with a breathtaking view of the port. We will serve you regional specialties with a smile!

On vient du monde entier pour s’y promener. Ce "Sunset Boulevard" à la française porte les noms des acteurs et réalisateurs venus lors du Festival du Cinéma Américain (en septembre) depuis 1975. Les Planches sont bordées côté plage des symboliques parasols multicolores et côté rue de l’établissement des bains de mer avec ses cabines de plage, construit en 1923 dans le style Art déco. Deux kilomètres de plage à consommer en toute liberté à votre rythme.Passez devant "Le Point de vue", lieu d’exposition et de rencontres culturelles et continuez tout droit sur la promenade d’Ornano avant de bifurquer sur la gauche vers le jardin des coeurs pour y accrocher un cadenas symbole de votre amour chabadabadesque… les sportifs emprunteront le parcours de santé mitoyen.

The protected natural site of Mont Canisy dominates the sea from its 110 m. From 1935 to 1940, the French Navy installed two batteries there to help secure the estuary and the Port of Le Havre. Then, from 1942 to 1944, this site became an important link in the “Atlantic Wall”. Various elements (casemates, bunkers, shelters, fortified structures connected by a 250 m long gallery, etc.) remain. Free guided tours are regularly organized by the association "Les Amis du Mont-Canisy". Hill steeped in history, in turn seigneurial fiefdom divided up in 1793, anti-submarine defense post in 1917-1918, coastal battery between 1935 and 1940, the most important artillery fulcrum of the “Mur de l ' 'Atlantique' between Cherbourg and Le Havre from 1941 to 1944, its position facing the Port of Le Havre and the bay of the Seine earned it, during the last world conflict, to be transformed into a concrete fortress. Numerous vestiges remain from this last period: casemates and tanks for 155mm guns, bunkers-shelters, protection tobrouks, fire direction post ... But the most attractive element of the guided tours remains the underground structure, with its 250 m of tunnel, 25 barracks, six stairs providing access to the surface, 25 ammunition bunkers, ... 15 m underground , a unique structure covering more than 150 km of Normandy coast!

Museum of France, the Paléospace is the culmination of a wonderful project that highlights the rich heritage of Villers-sur-Mer. Ideally located in a 100 hectare park, the museum will seduce you with its green setting, on the edge of the coastal marsh, a few meters from the beach, as well as the famous Black Cow cliffs. Let yourself be carried away by the richness of the collections, charmed by a protected environment, by quality services and hospitality. Normandy dinosaurs: Immerse yourself in the universe of Norman dinosaurs to discover Streptospondylus, Lexovisaurus d'Argences, Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis de Conteville ... Live the experience of Normandy during the Jurassic period in a surprising scenography: fossils, reconstructions and interactive games. An unforgettable moment to share with the family! The genesis of the Paleospace the Odyssey: Imagine the world 160 million years ago ... The Jurassic Sea then covered Normandy, subsequently forming the cliffs of the Black Cow in Villers-sur-Mer. Many fossils have been discovered there, witnesses of this past life: corals, ammonites, crocodiles, marine reptiles and dinosaurs. Among the great marine reptiles, discover Anna, an exceptional specimen of Ichthyosaurus.

Located to the east of Villers-sur-mer, bordering the commune of Blonville-sur-mer, the Blonville-Villers marsh is the only natural green space on the Côte Fleurie. This 110-hectare complex of wet meadows, canals and ditches is ecologically rich. Despite its proximity to the sea, it is a freshwater marsh fed by streams from the surrounding hillsides.

The Tourgéville military cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which maintains it. Created in 1918, it was fitted out in 1920. Its perpetual concession by France to the United Kingdom was provided for by law of December 29, 1915 (implementing decree November 25, 1920) so that the latter could have fallen soldiers buried there. on French soil, in particular the soldiers who died in the hospitals of the British army installed in Trouville-Deauville: from June 1917 from an "English" health camp on Mont-Canisy, then from October 1917 a 14th convalescent camp in Trouville-sur-mer and at the same time a fleet of trawlers in Deauville. It became important following the establishment, in February 1918, of the hospital sector of Trouville-sur-mer, which subsequently included the 72nd, 73rd, 74th general hospitals, and the 13th, 14th and 15th convalescent camps. At the end of the First World War, there were 293 graves of soldiers who died in camp, either from their wounds or more than a third of the Spanish flu: 209 graves of Commonwealth soldiers, 24 graves of soldiers American (recorded in 1932), 57 German graves (prisoners) and 3 civilian graves. Today, the cemetery brings together graves from the last two World Wars, friendly and enemy combatants, a total of 315 graves: 209 graves of Commonwealth soldiers including 19 sailors, soldiers and airmen, 8 soldiers from Australia, 8 from Canada, 1 from New Zealand, 13 graves of Allied soldiers from WWII, 90 German prisoners, and 3 civilians (one nurse and two civilians from the United Kingdom). It remains a calm, peaceful and well-maintained place. Some stelae have a rounded or pointed end in order to differentiate the British and German graves: soldiers from both camps in the same cemetery, a beautiful gesture of peace and a place of history not to forget ...

Empruntez la rue Désiré le Hoc pour vous rendre au coeur de la vie locale. La place Morny est un lieu très animé les jours de marché. Point de ralliement incontournable pour une virée shopping, les Deauvillais s’y retrouvent immanquablement. Avant de faire provision de produits régionaux, on observe la statue du duc de Morny, fondateur de la station balnéaire. Une plaque mémoriale lui rend hommage.