The Rouen City Guides answer the questions a first visit raises: where to eat Norman duck and cream away from the tourist-square menus, how to see the cathedral, Saint-Maclou and Saint-Ouen around the lunchtime closures, which free museums deserve a morning and how to reach the cliffs of Étretat or Monet’s Giverny by train. Each guide is a short list with an opinion: the reason to go, what to order or see and one practical tip for every place. It opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Rouen City Guides
- 137 places
- 6 guides
- 6 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Rouen guides
Food guide
24 places
Old inns near the cathedral, bistros in the half-timbered east end, three chef’s tables worth booking, buckwheat galettes and the markets locals shop at.
Things to do guide
20 places
Three Gothic churches, free museums with Monet and Caravaggio, a Renaissance clock you can climb inside and the hillside view over the Seine.
Family guide
20 places
Peacocks and wallabies in a château park, a city pool and ice rink, tree-top rope courses and museums that keep children curious.
Nightlife guide
24 places
Wine and cocktail bars in timber-framed lanes, craft beer near the cathedral, concerts in a dockside hangar and food after midnight.
Day trips guide
25 places
The chalk cliffs of Étretat, Le Havre’s rebuilt centre, Honfleur’s harbour, Seine valley abbeys and Monet’s garden, with the right train or coach for each.
Budget guide
24 places
Free museums and churches, viewpoints that cost nothing, market lunches for very little and evenings out that go easy on your wallet.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Les Gens Heureux
Rue Eau-de-Robec
Market cooking from a short blackboard that changes often, on the canal-side street of timber houses many call the prettiest in Rouen. Locals come back twice a week, which tells you about the prices. From the food guide.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Esplanade Marcel-Duchamp, Rue Jean-Lecanuet
Free entry to one of France’s finest regional collections: Monet’s cathedral, a room of Impressionists, Caravaggio, Velázquez and Géricault, who was born in the city. Quiet rooms, easily two hours. From the things to do guide.
Abbaye de Jumièges
Jumièges, about 30 min by car
Two white towers 46 metres tall and a roofless nave open to the sky, in a park of old trees. Victor Hugo called it the most beautiful ruin in France. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Rouen
Day one: the cathedral, Saint-Maclou and the free Musée des Beaux-Arts from the things to do guide, then a bistro on Rue Eau-de-Robec from the food guide and a glass of wine in the old-town lanes after dark. Day two: a train to the sea at Dieppe or Le Havre, or to Monet’s Giverny, with the day trips guide. For a rainy or slow day, the budget and family guides point you to the free museums, the glasshouses of the Jardin des Plantes and the ice rink on Île Lacroix.
Questions about the Rouen guides
What do the Rouen City Guides include?
Six guides with 137 places: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. For every place you get the reason to go, the neighbourhood, notes on when it is open and one practical tip.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order page as soon as payment goes through, and again in the confirmation email. They open in any browser on phone or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Can I use the Rouen guides without mobile data?
Yes. Open each guide once while online and it carries on working offline, with your ticks and notes saved. Only the map links need a connection.
Which languages are the guides in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
Do I have to buy all six guides?
No. One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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