Between Giverny and Rouen, the Seine becomes a Normandy river: high white chalk cliffs and verdant landscapes accompany the river's meandering course, generating the atmospheric light so beloved of the Impressionists.

Come and see Monet's gardens and the Museum of American Art in Giverny, the river town of Vernon and the possibilities it offers for cruises, the ancient cloth-making town of Louviers, where you can stroll along its canals, the historic town of Pont-de-l'Arche, and the 1,400 hectares of the Léry-Poses regional leisure facility.

In the Normandy Vexin region, trees and stone form a perfectly harmonious whole: from the fortresses of Château-Gaillard (Les Andelys) to the village of Lyons, a classified heritage site, (where films of Flaubert's novel "Madame Bovary" were made by Renoir and Chabrol), from the art exhibition centre at the Château of Vascoeuil to the Cistercian abbeys of Mortemer and Fontaine-Guérard, History is revealed at every step, embedded in a landscape of enchanting colour.

The green symphony of Lyons state forest, the biggest of France's beech forests, a haven of peace and a paradise on earth for ramblers in search of a breath of pure air. Its rivers whisper such magical names as Fouillebroc, Lieure and Andelle.