15 Place de la Pucelle, 76000 Rouen, Seine-Maritime
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Great boutique hotel located in Rouen's historic centre, overlooking the beautiful La Pucelle square. This remarkable Louis XII and Renaissance style former private mansion was built in the 16th century by the French magistrate William II Le Roux.
Rue Elisabeth d'Autriche, 76540 Sassetot-Le-Mauconduit, Seine-Maritime
www.chateaudesissi.com
Lovely 18th century castle nestled in an 11-hectare park, a few kilometers from the Alabaster Coast. The name of the hotel reflects the fact that the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sissi, used it as a summer residence in 1875.
Terres de Miromesnil, 76550 Tourville-sur-Arques, Seine-Maritime
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Constructed in the late 16th century and modified in 1640, this majestic noble residence is surrounded by a small forest of beech trees, classified as a natural site. The French writer Guy de Maupassant was born here in 1850.