Start in front of the Tourist Office at Dieppe Marina. Across from the Office, you will see the Arcades de la Bourse. The arcades were built by the King’s architect, Antoine de Ventabren, after the 1694 bombardment.
Head to Quai Henri IV, where you will find many different restaurants.
The second façade belongs to the old Hôtel de Londres, built in the early 18th century, which still bears an inscription of sculpted letters. Continuing along the quay, you will see the Collège des Oratoriens, the Oratory’s second college founded in France, after Paris. An educational centre for the whole region in the 17th century, the college was requisitioned and converted into a barracks and a then a prison after the French Revolution.

Continue along Quai Henri IV, then turn left on Rue Beauregard. Before making that turn, stop to admire Crab Tower, part of the old town walls.
At the end of the alley, turn right on Rue David Lacroix and then left on Rue de la Rade. Turn right again towards Estran Cité de la Mer, a not-for-profit scientific and technical cultural centre with a focus on the Upper Norman coastline. It is open to the public all year round, with 1,600 m² of exhibition space covering shipbuilding, fishing techniques, the coastal environment and the wildlife of the English Channel. It also houses multiple fish tanks populated with local species.

Turn left after Estran Cité de la Mer, onto Rue Bouzard, and follow it to the seafront. Cross Boulevard de Verdun and walk along the beach in the direction of the Museum of Dieppe, which you can glimpse from afar (the castle on top of the cliff). Part-way along, you will come across a sport, leisure and wellness centre. Les Bains offers four activities: an aquatic centre / swimming pool with a wellness and fitness area, a marine spa, a restaurant and a conference centre on the seafront.
Cross back towards the town centre, heading for the Tourelles Gate. Built in the 15th century using sandstone and flint, and altered multiple times thereafter, the Tourelles Gate comprises a vaulted passage flanked by two circular towers crowned with conical roofs. This gate is the only survivor of the town’s original seven, five of which faced the sea.

Follow the passageway towards Saint-Rémy Church. On your right, you will see the Petit Théâtre, created at the impetus of the Duchess of Berry in 1826. After shutting down in 1961, it reopened its doors to the public in 2002 and is now home to a memorial to the Anglo-Canadian raid of 19 August 1942.

When you get to Saint-Rémy Church, you can admire this 16th century structure with its Gothic Renaissance-style choir. The work which has been interrupted by the Wars of Religion resumed in the 17th century, in the spirit of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
Continue straight, then take Rue de la Barre on your right.
Next, cross the intersection and follow Rue de Chastes to the Museum of Dieppe. Perched on top of the cliff, the château towers above the town and the sea and offers an amazing view of the seafront.
The château was built up around a keep, from the 14th to the 18th centuries. Today, it is home to the town’s maritime records and one of Europe’s largest collections of objects made of ivory.

Keeping going up until you reach the esplanade overlooking the château and take advantage of the magnificent panoramic view of the town. Turn around and retrace your steps down to Dieppe’s town centre, then follow Grande Rue straight to the Tourist Office.

The College of Oratorians is located on Quai Henri IV in the heart of Dieppe’s protected sector and in immediate proximity to the beach and the marina. From a historical point of view, the Collège des Oratoriens has close ties to major events in the history of France. This was the Order’s second college in France, after Saint-Jacques College in Paris. At the time, the Oratorians were in competition with the Jesuits and had up to 70 members at the time of the French Revolution.

Estran Cité de la Mer, the “City of the Sea”, is a not-for-profit scientific and technical cultural centre in Dieppe, with a focus on the Upper Norman coastline. It was founded in May 1987 by the association E.S.T.R.A.N. Its mission is to provide popular education about the scientific and technical culture of the sea and the world of fishing.

Built of sandstone and flint in the 14th century and enjoying a strategic location 30 metres above sea level, the Château de Dieppe was originally one of the main mediaeval strongholds on the shores of the English Channel. The Château changed a great deal over the centuries, serving in turn as a fortress, a residence, a barracks, a prison and finally a museum beginning in 1923. The building did however resume its defensive functions during the Second World War. Nowadays, the Château provides a home for Dieppe’s maritime records and one of the richest collections of ivory objects and sculptures in all of Europe.

Saint-Jacques Church was built around 1283 in the place of a small Romanesque church which was demolished in the 12th century. Dedicated to Saint James the Great, it is located on the Camino de Santiago. As a result, its proportions are vast. Construction would only be completed in the late 16th century. In other words, its architectural evolution covers nearly the entire Gothic period: a classic elevation, a façade with a radiant rose window, and a Flamboyant Gothic bell tower and décor.
Native Dieppe shipowner Jehan Ango, a patron of the church, rests in peace in his coffin in Saint-Yves Chapel.