🇫🇷 Houlgate

Major

Faits essentiels

Pays	🇫🇷
Type	Major
Coordonnées	49,300071, -0,077228
Fuseau horaire	Europe/Paris
Correspondances	775
Code UIC	8744440

À propos de Houlgate

La gare de Houlgate est un petit arrêt sur la ligne Caen–Dives-Cabourg dans le Calvados, en Normandie, France. Des trains régionaux assurent des correspondances en saison estivale vers Caen et les stations balnéaires environnantes de la Côte Fleurie. La gare est appréciée des visiteurs qui découvrent ce village balnéaire de style Belle Époque.

Foire aux questions

Houlgate station is about a 10-minute walk from the seafront and beach. Walk north through this charming Normandy seaside town to reach the promenade and the dramatic Vaches Noires cliffs.

TER Normandie regional trains on the Lisieux-Dives-Cabourg coastal line serve Houlgate. From Lisieux, connections to Paris Saint-Lazare and Caen are available. The total journey to Paris takes about 2.5 hours.

Houlgate station is a small halt with limited facilities. The resort town is compact and easily explored on foot. For more extensive services, Deauville-Trouville station is nearby.

Houlgate is a charming Belle Epoque seaside resort with elegant villas dating from the 1860s. The Vaches Noires cliffs east of town are famous for fossil hunting. The broad sandy beach and the casino are the main leisure attractions.

The Vaches Noires (Black Cows) are dramatic dark clay and chalk cliffs between Houlgate and Villers-sur-Mer, named for the fallen boulders that resemble cattle from a distance. The cliffs are one of France's richest fossil sites, yielding Jurassic ammonites, sea urchins, and plesiosaur remains.

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