Small Group Day Trip to Rouen from Paris

Small Group Day Trip to Rouen from Paris

Explore one of Normandy’s famous medieval cities on this 9-hour small-group day trip to Rouen from Paris. Follow a guide through Rouen’s historic streets and take in key sites of interest including Rouen Cathedral and the Jeanne d'Arc Tower. Stroll through the pretty Old Town to Rue du Gros Horloge. Admire famous works by Monet and Rubens in the Museum of Fine Arts and enjoy personal attention from the guide on this small-group tour, limited to seven people.

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Stop At: Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Normandy

Discover the authentic Norman city of Rouen. It is hard to resist the charm of this city: the old Rouen, the Courthouse, the Cathedral and Joan of Arc square. Your guide will take you through this captivating city discover its multiple facets. Real museum city, Rouen enchant you with its beautiful half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and Gothic churches. Rouen is also nicknamed the "City of 100 steeples"

Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Esplanade Marcel Duchamp, 76000, Rouen France

Visit one of the most impressive collections in the region: paintings, sculptures and drawing dating from the end of middle ages up until the present day: Veronese, Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Fragonard, Ingres... Admire the famous paintings of the Impressionist Masters: Monet, Sisley, Pissaro, Caillebotte and Renoir.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, 3 rue Saint Romain, 76000, Rouen France

The Notre-Dame cathedral is remarkable for the juxtaposition of all periods of the Gothic style, especially on its facade. Claude Monet captured this remarkable Gothic cathedral from an apartment facing it. He immortalized the compelling light reflected off this masterpiece in a series of 28 paintings.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Eglise Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Place du Vieux-Marche, 76000, Rouen France

Rouen was the scene of the martyrdom of Joan of Arc condemned and burned in 1431. Find the exact place where she was burned, close to the Church of St. Joan of Arc whose stained glass windows are from the 16th century.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Gros-Horloge, Rue du Gros Horloge, 76000, Rouen France

The Great Clock and Belfry

The yawning renaissance arcade of the Great Clock spans the cobbled street and houses one of the oldest clock mechanisms in Europe. Flanked by a belfry tower with the city's bells, the Great Clock, Renaissance arcade spans the street and houses one of the oldest clock mechanisms in Europe. On each side, its single-needle dials are richly decorated. Walk down the famous rue du Gros Horloge with its unique Renaissance double-faced clock.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. Maclou's Church, 3 rue Eugene Dutuit St-Maclou, 76000, Rouen France

Discover the Saint-Maclou Church, a gem of Flamboyant Gothic art and the Saint-Maclou Atrium, an old parish cemetery created during the Great Black Plague of 1348.

Duration: 20 minutes