Discover Bennetot – holiday apartment, circular walking trail, church art and apple culture

Circular walking trail and apple culture in Bennetot

Bennetot offers several concrete opportunities to shape your stay around exercise, culture and rural production. In the village, there is the 3.9-kilometre circular walking trail “Circuit n°6 – Les éoliennes”. Its specific length provides a fixed framework for breaks and further sightseeing. The church and Manoir de Vertot remain separate cultural topics.

Art and history

The church in Bennetot houses the work “poutre de gloire dite tref et sa statue: Christ en croix”. It depicts a 17th-century Christ on a 19th-century beam. The painting “Descente de Croix” is also located there. The Manoir de Vertot in Bennetot is a Clos Masure du Pays de Caux registered as a historic monument, with architecture dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The sacred art remains connected to the church in Bennetot. For the daily itinerary, it forms a separate cultural point alongside the walking trail.

The Manoir de Vertot is the birthplace of Abbé de Vertot, a historiographer of the Order of Malta. The estate includes 10 hectares of apple trees. The grounds include outbuildings; the interior can be visited as part of guided tours. The estate’s historical connection therefore extends from its architecture to the Order of Malta. The apple trees also belong to this estate and not merely to the regional landscape.

Craftsmanship centred on apples

At La Cidrerie, the apples are harvested by hand every year; their juice is extracted using a wooden press. In Bennetot, Richard Fouque produces cider, apple juice and vinegar at La Cidrerie. At Cidre Nature, the operation can be visited by appointment in return for a voluntary contribution. Travel planning here can be centred around the harvest, wooden press, cider, apple juice and vinegar. The annual hand harvest and the wooden press give the apple theme a strong artisanal focus. Cider, apple juice and vinegar are three distinct products. At Cidre Nature, visits require an appointment and should therefore be considered as a separate planning point.

Châteaux, historic sites and coast in the surrounding area

The Château de Valmont is located in the wider area around Bennetot. The historic site Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Pré is also located in the wider area. In the wider regional area around Bennetot are the Château de Louvetot and the historic site Abbaye du Valasse. The beach Plage de Veules-les-Roses and the capes Cap Fagnet, Cap du Hode and Cap d'Antifer are also located there. Châteaux, historic sites, the beach and the capes each provide their own thematic focus.

Further places for your travel planning

Turretot, Calleville-les-Deux-Églises, Valliquerville, Belmesnil, Neufchâtel-En-Bray, Le Tilleul, Lamberville and Saint-Pierre-Lavis

To the overarching travel overview: Seine-Maritime.