Étretat Transportation Tips by aemilys Top 5 Page for this destination

The bus - Part one - from Le Havre

It is impossible to reach Etretat directly by train but there are buses that will take you there.

From Le Havre the name of the bus company is "Les Autos Cars Gris" and you catch the buses right outside of the train station in the back. Line 24 goes from Le Havre to Etretat and takes about an hour. The schedule is straightforward with various buses running on various days but one thing to note is that you must coordinate the bus departure time with the train time (if you are continuing on to Paris or elsewhere) otherwise you will get stuck sitting around in the boring Le Havre train station. Unfortunately they do not have a website and the information that you get on the SNCF site is complicated at best.

I suggest that you write or call and ask them to send you a schedule.

Address

Les Auto Cars Gris
8, avenue Gambetta
74600 Fecamp
France

The price for a one way Le Havre/Etretat ticke is 3.70 euros (a very good deal when you consider that a taxi will set you back 50 euros).

Mode: TO

Other Contact: 33 (0)2 35 22 34 00 (Le Havre)

Phone: 33 (0)2 35 27 04 25

Type: Bus

The train - SNCF

Take the train from Gare St Lazare in Paris to either Breaute or Le Havre and then take the bus as outlined in the tips above. All the trains will have Le Havre as final destination so it's not such a big deal to fall asleep.

Once again I stress that you must coordinate train arrival with bus departure. I spent 4 hours in the Le Havre train station on the way there because I didn't coordinate properly. The station is really dreary, there is no place to store your luggage if you want to have a walk around, and there is nothing interesting to see near the station. Also the door to the toilettes wouldn't lock.

Nothing like the Gare St Lazare where you can have something to eat and people watch; it too was the subject of a painting by Monet.

108, Rue Saint-Lazare; 8th Arrondissement

Mode: TO

Type: Train

Website: http://www.sncf.fr

The bus - Part two - from Breaute

Same instructions and address as in part one except this time you take the ligne 17 from Breaute. I'm going to do it this way next time because it's quicker and cheaper.

For example: On a Friday , leave Paris St Lazare at 17:58 arrive Breaute at 19:48, then take the bus at 19:58 and arrive Etretat at 20:28.

This only takes 2:30 instead of over three hours when you change at Le Havre. I had to learn this the hard way because the information on the SNCF site was not clear.

The price for a one way ticket is 3.20 euros.

Mode: TO

Phone: 33 (0)2 35 27 04 25

Type: Bus