Owned but not loved; Le Manoir des Creuniers near Trouville

- August 2, 2026August 13, 2026

2026 update!! Fully renovated and apartments available: Manoir des Creuniers - Trouville - Histoire & Patrimoine Published January 2016 To be foiled by large gates and a ‘Propriété Privée’ notice when we went to match this grand villa would not have been a surprise. What we did not expect was a forest of brambles

Take me to Trouville!

- November 24, 2023November 24, 2023

First published January 2015 On a cold blustery day in February 1848 the last King of France skulked along the quay in Trouville-sur-Mer, desperate to secure passage to England for himself and his family. The winds were high and no sailor could be swayed by the many francs he offered them. A kingly

An incognito King, in Deauville

- September 4, 2021October 16, 2021

This post was first published in December 2016 Sometime in the spring of 1922, the Marquis de Viana rented a beautiful manor house overlooking the sea at Le Grand Bec, not far from Deauville. Over the next few weeks the Manoir de Clairefontaine was buffed up, ready for a very special

The cow’s udders, Savignac and Trouville-sur-mer

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Calvados

- May 24, 2014September 24, 2016

It wasn't the sunniest Trouville day when we we to match a postcard of the casino, but it worked out rather well. Dodging into the tourist info office to get out of a downpour we saw something colourful and familiar. An exhibition of the marvellous Savignac's original and printed posters! Sauvignac was incapable