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Étretat is a large village situated on what is known as the 'Alabaster Coast', west of Dieppe and north of Le Havre, in Normandy. Its high white cliffs, The Falaises d'Étretat, are as well known to the French as the white cliffs of Dover are to the British. A monument exists in the shape of a wish bone at Étretat to Nungesser and Coli, who died in an attempt to fly the Atlantic in 1927. It is a resort town and its splendid coastline cliffs reach up to 300 feet high. Gracing this coastline located near Étretat are two large arches (Porte d'Aval and La Manne Porte) which are sculpted in the soft limestone chalk. You can climb a path to the top of these rock formations for amazing and majestic views. Above the town to the east is the church of Notre- Dame (11th-13th C.).
Étretat has long been a location that draws artists and writers. Victor Hugo enjoyed it here while Guy de Maupassant lived here. Courbet, degas and Matisse all came here to paint. Alphonse Carr made it fashionable with Parisians. In the summer its popularity is apparent and turns in to a busy small resort but in the winter it returns to being its original quaint village with the occasional local walking along the paths.