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Bénédictine Palace – Cliff Path loop from Yport

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Bénédictine Palace – Cliff Path loop from Yport

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Bénédictine Palace – Cliff Path loop from Yport

01:33

24.6km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 22, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 21.3 km for 92 m

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127 m

Place de Verdun

Highlight • Settlement

This seaside resort hidden in a small valley, despite being devoid of anything resembling a harbour, housed a sailor community. Until the 1970s, the fishermen of Yport used so-called kaïks (beach boats designed to be pulled over boulders). The village has a beautiful architectural unity and a charm that is partly the result of the relatively few tourists.
(The green travel guide, Michelin)

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9.54 km

Fécamp Abbey and Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Built during the 10th and 11th centuries and transformed in the 12th century, the ducal palace is the home of the first dukes of Normandy.

William the Conqueror celebrated his victory at Hastings a year earlier in 1067.

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10.5 km

Distillery

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Beautiful old distillery with the option to just have a coffee,... 👍

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10.6 km

Bénédictine Palace

Highlight • Monument

The palais was purpose-built to house the D.O.M. Bénédictine distillery, as the original was burned down in 1892. The replacement, completed in 1898, the year Alexander Le Grand died, is both splashy and ornate at the same time, with gothic and renaissance characteristics at play.
You can reserve tickets for a tour online benedictinedom.com
The background: In 1863 wine merchant Alexandre Le Grand developed a recipe for an herbal liqueur flavored with twenty-seven flowers, berries, herbs, roots, and spices, helped by a local chemist, from old medicinal recipes that he had acquired from a religious foundation where a maternal grandparent had held office as a fiscal prosecutor. To market it, he embellished a story of it having been developed by monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy, and produced by them until the abbey's devastation during the French Revolution. He began production under the trade name "Bénédictine", using a bottle with a distinguishing shape and label. To reinforce his myth, he placed the abbreviation "D.O.M." on the label, for "Deo Optimo Maximo" ("To God, most good, most great"), used at the beginning of documents by the Benedictine Order to dedicate their work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictine#History

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13.4 km

Viewpoint over Fécamp beach

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From Chemin de la Corniche, on a small chalk cliff, very beautiful view of the pebble beach of Fécamp. Superb descent to the English Channel, where swimming is supervised.

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