Connelles: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Connelles lies in a valley basin on the slopes. The slopes above the Seine near Connelles have been included in the Natura 2000 programme and classified as a ZICO (Important Bird Conservation Area).

Renting a holiday apartment in Connelles can be part of your personal travel planning.

Activities

The GR2 long-distance hiking trail runs through Connelles. In the Eure department, Connelles is one of the destinations along “La Seine à Vélo”. The “Autour de Connelles” walking route is 7.0 km long.

Connelles has natural climbing crags. The “Falaises en bord de Seine” site in Connelles is an equipped adventure area for independent climbing.

Culture

The Saint-Vaast de Connelles church stands on the banks of the Seine within a registered protected site. Its bell tower is crowned by a 12-metre-high polygonal spire. On the south side of the bell tower is a sundial dating from the 16th century. The origins of Saint-Vaast church are said to date back to the 12th century.

Connelles features atypical homes described as troglodytic.

History

The Moulin de Connelles was a mill with a suspended water wheel; mills of this type were used exclusively to grind the grain of the barony’s vassals. It is considered a 15th-century mill; only the pillars remain from that period.

Other places: Saint-Samson-De-La-Roque, Fleury-La-Forêt, Saint-Pierre-du-Val, Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville, Saint-Léger-de-Rôtes, Sainte-Geneviève-Lès-Gasny, Lyons-La-Forêt, Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles.

More about the region: Eure.