Planning a Trip

Getting There

There are 6 to 10 daily rail connections from Paris's Gare St-Lazare (trip time: 2 hr., 15 min.); prices start at 28€ ($36) one-way. The rail depot lies between Trouville and Deauville, south of town. Take a taxi from the station. Bus Verts du Calvados (tel. 08-10-21-42-14) serves the Normandy coast from Caen to Le Havre. To drive from Paris (trip time: 2 1/2 hr.), take A13 west to Pont L'Evêque, and then follow N177 east to Deauville.

Visitor Information

The Office de Tourisme is on place de la Mairie (tel. 02-31-14-40-00; www.deauville.org).

Special Events

For a week in September, the Deauville Festival of American Film (tel. 02-31-14-40-00; www.festival-deauville.com) honors movies made in the United States. Actors, producers, directors, and writers flock here and briefly eclipse the high rollers at the casinos and the horse-racing and polo crowd.