Discover Le Tréport: harbour, coast and history

Le Tréport combines coastal scenery with a distinctly maritime history. When looking for a hotel, first consider which aspect of the destination you want to shape your stay: nature trails and wildlife, the harbour and its history, or historic buildings. These themes offer different experiences, though you can still plan your stay around several interests.

Nature and activities by the sea

In the Marais de Sainte-Croix, marked trails and information panels introduce visitors to the local wildlife, which can be discovered there at any time of year. Swimming in the sea at Le Tréport’s beach is supervised in summer. When comparing the seasons, bear in mind that the trails in the Marais offer a connection with nature all year round, while beach supervision is limited to summer.

Maritime activities also vary by activity. The Centre Nautique du Tréport enables people aged five and over to learn about sailing. The sailing school Sensation Large caters to all audiences, with a particular focus on people with disabilities. If sailing is a possibility during your stay, the age range and the school’s focus offer useful points of reference.

Harbour, maritime history and museum

The Port Center du Tréport offers a free immersive guided tour exploring the harbour’s history, maritime activities and eyewitness accounts. Reservations are required. Keep this in mind if you plan to combine a visit to the harbour with other interests.

The Musée du Tréport takes a broader thematic approach: over five floors, it presents maritime history and activities, shipwrecks and sea rescue, bathing culture, and traditional trades such as salt production, carpentry and pebble collecting. In contrast to the tour at the Port Center, the museum looks beyond the history of the harbour. It is housed in a vaulted gatehouse dating from the 16th century and in the former town hall.

Neighbourhoods and architectural history

The Quartier des Cordiers was built at the end of the 17th century on part of the pebble beach and served as a residential area for fishermen. Another historical trace leads to Kahl Burg: the site consists of German galleries dug into the cliffs during the Second World War and incorporated into the Atlantic Wall fortifications.

Different architectural features come together at the Église Saint-Jacques. The church was built in 1362 and restored in 1699. Its chequerboard-patterned façade of Caen stone and flint is complemented by a Gothic tower, a Renaissance portal and hanging bosses. This makes it possible to distinguish the town’s residential and architectural history from the military-historical significance of Kahl Burg. The Musée du Tréport, with its historic gatehouse and former town hall, also forms part of this architectural context.

Getting around and further excursions

The Funiculaire du Tréport connects the upper and lower towns in less than three minutes. It first opened in 1908, making the connection both a way to find your bearings between the two parts of town and part of the town’s history. For a longer hike, a long-distance trail starts in Le Tréport and runs for almost 190 kilometres to Le Havre. These two options differ markedly in scale: a short ride on the funicular and a long-distance hike covering many kilometres.

The Carrousel 1900 et son glacier is part of the beach area. It is close to the beach, between the casino and the lighthouse. Together with the bathing beach, it adds another specific seaside destination to the cultural and nature-focused attractions.

Discover more destinations: Haudricourt, Ganzeville, Morville-Sur-Andelle, Martin-Église, Theuville-aux-Maillots, La Remuée, Sainte-Adresse, Manehouville.

For the broader travel overview: Seine-Maritime.