Honfleur is a Norman port town located on the south bank of the Seine estuary, opposite Le Havre, very close to the end of the Normandy bridge.
It is best known for its picturesque Old Port, characterized by its slate-roofed houses, and for having been frequently depicted by artists, including Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet, and Johan Barthold Jongkind, who formed the Honfleur School and contributed to the emergence of the Impressionist movement. You can visit the Eugène Boudin Museum and also the Naturospace with its immense greenhouse featuring recreations of tropical climates, including a variety of butterflies.
The town has been awarded four flowers in the competition for flowered towns and villages.
