Honfleur is a Norman port commune located on the southern bank of the Seine estuary, opposite Le Havre, very close to the outlet of the Normandy bridge.
It is best known for its old picturesque basin, characterized by its houses with facades covered with slates, and for having been repeatedly represented by artists, including Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Barthold Jongkind, forming the Honfleur School which contributed to the appearance of the impressionist movement. You can visit the Eugène Boudin museum and also the naturospace with its huge greenhouse with reconstructions of tropical climates including all butterflies.
The town is classified four flowers in the competition of flower towns and villages.
