Moutiers Gorge, Varengeville-sur-Mer
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Gardens and Clifftop Heritage of Varengeville-sur-Mer
5 attractions · 8h 25min · transit route
Tickets ~€26
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About Moutiers Gorge
The Gorge des Moutiers is a spectacular natural valley carved into the white chalk cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, offering one of the most scenic coastal walks in Normandy. This dramatic geological formation was created by a small stream that cut through 80-meter-high chalk cliffs over millennia, revealing striking layers of white chalk dotted with black flint. A gentle 45-minute round-trip trail descends from the historic Saint-Valery Church through the wooded gorge to a secluded pebble beach at the base of the cliffs.
Moutiers Gorge — Planning Your Visit
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The white chalk cliffs of the Gorge des Moutiers erode at an alarming rate of approximately 40 centimeters per year, meaning the coastline visitors see today will look dramatically different in just a few decades. This constant erosion occasionally reveals prehistoric fossils and ancient flint tools embedded in the chalk layers, remnants of a time when this area was beneath a shallow tropical sea over 65 million years ago.
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Day Routes
Gardens and Clifftop Heritage of Varengeville-sur-Mer
Varengeville-sur-Mer
Artistic and Coastal Heritage of Varengeville-sur-Mer
Varengeville-sur-Mer
Nearby Attractions
Church of Saint-Valery and Marine Cemetery
Church of Saint-Valery and Marine Cemetery