Le Havre
LE HAVRE, NORMANDY CRUISE DESTINATION
AT SEATRADE EUROPE 2007 – Sept 25-27, 2007
Come & meet us on booth “CRUISE LE HAVRE N° 173” at Seatrade Europe and let’s discuss the last developments of the cruise activity in Le Havre.
www.lehavretourisme.com
Contact: Valérie Vimont, Cruise Manager
Office de Tourisme
186 bd Clemenceau – PO Box 649 76059 LE HAVRE cedex
Valerie.vimont@lehavretourisme.com
LE HAVRE CRUISE DESTINATION
EVENTS AT SEATRADE EUROPE 2007
Print this page and we will be pleased to offer you a lithograph* from the artist Jean-Claude Rainaud who has become well-known as “Le Peintre des Paquebots” (the cruise ships painter) - * on a first-come first-served basis.
And also taste the famous liquor Bénédictine, from Bénédictine Palace in Fécamp, partner of Cruise Le Havre at Seatrade.
www.benedictine.fr
LE HAVRE, CRUISE DESTINATION
Thanks to Auguste Perret, a modern urban planner, and his innovative exploitation of the potential of concrete, Le Havre is now the only site in Europe which has been acknowledged by the Unesco for its cultural heritage dating from the second half of the 20th century. The classification as a World Heritage site in 2005 has shed a new light on the city.
Le Havre, the cradle of impressionism, holds in its fine arts museum André Malraux, the most important collection of impressionist masterpieces in France after the Orsay Museum in Paris.
These are some out of many aspects for choosing Le Havre as a port of call, besides well known attractions that Normandy has to offer.
LE HAVRE GATEWAY TO NORMANDY & PARIS
The exceptional geographical location of le Havre provides its visitors with close-by renowned world sites, to be discovered during a call: Etretat, Rouen, Giverny, Deauville, the Mont-St-Michel, the Landing Beaches, Paris…
LE HAVRE, RIVER CRUISES & OCEAN CRUISES
The port of Le Havre can accommodate any type of cruise ships round the clock, throughout the year: niche cruises, cargo cruises, ocean cruises and river cruises as well as yachts and ferries.
Pointe de Floride : ocean cruises
Florida tip comprises 2 piers, dedicated to cruise ships, of a total length of 1100 meters. The harbour is accessible 24hs a day.
In 2007, 51 ocean cruise ships (90 000 passengers) are calling in the port of Le Havre.
including :
- 3 calls with more than 3 000 passengers
- 13 calls with more than 2 500 passengers
- 11 double calls
Since 2007, the new Cruise Welcome Centre offers new amenities to the cruise passengers, which will include turnaround facilities in the short term: Le Havre’s goal is to assert itself as a turnaround port.
Marseilles Pier : river cruises
Since 2005 river cruise companies have been developing new itineraries on the Seine river. 2 companies make regular stops in 2007 at Marseilles Pier (total length 141m).