Le Vieux Carré

Rouen


Set around a charming medieval courtyard and garden, this quiet, half-timbered hotel is very sweet, with a delightfully old-fashioned salon de thé (tearoom, open 3pm to 7pm) and 13 small, practical rooms, all recently renovated. Breakfast is €8.50, €9.50 in your room.


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Nearby Rouen attractions

1. Musée Le Secq des Tournelles

0.07 MILES

Home to one of the world’s premier collections of wrought iron, this riveting (excuse the pun) museum is an astonishing sight, showcasing the…

2. Musée des Beaux-Arts

0.1 MILES

Housed in a very grand structure flung up in 1870, Rouen’s simply outstanding fine-arts museum features canvases by Rubens, Modigliani, Pissarro, Renoir,…

3. Monument Juif

0.12 MILES

The only relic of Rouen’s medieval Jewish community, expelled by Philippe le Bel in 1306, is hidden underneath the staircase at the eastern end of the…

4. Palais de Justice

0.15 MILES

The ornately Gothic Law Courts, little more than a shell at the end of WWII, have been restored to their early-16th-century glory. On rue Jeanne d'Arc,…

5. Musée de la Céramique

0.15 MILES

The Ceramics Museum, housed in a 17th-century building with a fine courtyard, is known for its 16th- to 19th-century faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and…

6. Historial Jeanne d'Arc

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For an introduction to the great 15th-century heroine and the events that earned her fame – and shortly thereafter condemnation – don't miss this…

7. Gros Horloge

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Spanning rue du Gros Horloge, the Great Clock’s Renaissance archway has a gilded, one-handed medieval clock face on each side. High above, a Gothic belfry…

8. Abbatiale St-Ouen

0.21 MILES

This largely empty 14th-century abbey is a gloriously sublime and quite stunning example of the Rayonnant Gothic style, with a colossal interior dappled…