Étretat parking and buses 2026

How much does parking cost in Étretat in 2026?

3 euros an hour in the centre (red zone, 5 hours maximum) and 15 euros a day in the outer car parks (orange zone, 10 hours maximum). Charges run 9:00 to 19:00, every day of the year.

These are the rates in force since 1 January 2025, as published by the Le Havre Étretat tourist office. Pay at the meter or with the PayByPhone app. Overstay the maximum and the charge jumps to a flat 50 euros, cut to 35 euros if you pay it quickly. That is the trap: a long lunch in the red zone can cost more than a day in the orange one.

Where is the best place to park in Étretat?

The orange-zone car parks for a half day or more, the free lot on the Criquetot road if you can walk 20 minutes, and the centre only for short stops outside July and August.

The red zone is small and full by late morning on any sunny weekend. In August 2025 a guest on the Rouen, Étretat and Deauville day wrote that "in Etretat it took him a whole hour to find a parking place", and that was a professional driver. Head for the orange car parks at Grand Val or Fréfossé instead: 15 euros covers the whole day.

Further out, a large free car park on the Route de Criquetot-l'Esneval sits about 20 minutes on foot from the seafront, and in high season an overflow field opens at the La Guézane entrance on the same road. If you are staying the night, ask the hotel about parking before you book.

New in 2026: order n°261/2026, signed on 20 August and listed on the town's orders page, lets the town close the village centre to cars once its car parks reach 90%. Barriers go up between 10:00 and 19:00 at four entrances (rue Anicet Bourgeois, rue Notre-Dame, rue Monge by Place Maurice Guillard, and avenue Damilaville). Only residents, hotel guests with a booking, disabled badge holders, deliveries and bikes get through. Busy days are expected every day to 31 August, then on school holidays, weekends and bank holidays from September to November.

How do you get from Paris to Étretat without a car?

By train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Bréauté-Beuzeville, then Nomad coach 504 to Étretat Le Grandval: about 2 hours 45 minutes. There is no station in Étretat itself.

Nomad's line 504 meets the trains at Bréauté-Beuzeville. It runs every day from 1 April to 31 August, and Friday to Sunday from November to April. On the timetable valid to 1 November 2026, the 8:40 from Saint-Lazare reaches Bréauté at 10:33 and the coach drops you at Étretat Le Grandval at 11:26. Last coaches back leave at 17:25 or 18:30, into Saint-Lazare between 20:25 and 21:21.

Coach fares follow Nomad's 2026 grid, revised on 5 July 2026: a single costs 2 euros for one zone and up to 5 euros for four or more (Nomad fares PDF). From April to early November SNCF also sells a single "train + car" Étretat ticket, according to the town. Off season, the town suggests the train to Le Havre and LiA bus 21 or 13, or the train to Fécamp and coach 509.

Which buses go from Le Havre to Étretat?

LiA line 21 from Le Havre Gares, about hourly from 5:00 to 21:00, every day; LiA line 13 from Grand Hameau via the coast villages; and Nomad 509 from Le Havre to Fécamp along the coast.

Line 21 is the one to use. It starts at the bus station next to Le Havre railway station, runs inland via Montivilliers and Criquetot-l'Esneval, and ends at Étretat Le Grandval. The LiA network book lists it daily, one bus an hour. Line 13 starts at Grand Hameau, in the north of Le Havre, and serves Octeville, Cauville and Saint-Jouin-Bruneval on the way. Both are listed on the Grand Site's public transport leaflet.

LiA fares in 2026 (transports-lia.fr): 1.80 euros for a 1-hour ticket, 4.50 euros for 24 hours, and a 10-euro "Tribu" 24-hour ticket for small groups. The 24-hour ticket covers the return. Validate every time you board.

How do you get from the Le Havre cruise terminal to Étretat?

The bus is the cheapest at under 5 euros return, but it leaves from Le Havre Gares, about 2.5 km from the ships. A shuttle or transfer takes you door to door in 35 to 45 minutes.

Ships berth at the Pointe de Floride terminals, rebuilt in 2025 and 2026. From there it is about 30 minutes on foot, or a short taxi ride, to Le Havre Gares, where line 21 leaves for Étretat about once an hour. Allow a good hour each way on the bus plus the walk, and a margin for the last bus back to the port.

For a single port day the shared cruise port shuttle is the easy option: departures on the hour from 8:00 to 11:00, return on any scheduled shuttle, ship arrivals tracked. The private port transfer costs a little less per person and runs on your own timing. Our cruise port guide covers both and the private tours.

A shared van from the cruise terminal on the hour from 8:00, back on whichever shuttle suits your ship, which they track in real time.

★ 4.5 · Flexible return · from $135

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