"The Côte d’Azur has its devotees, to be sure, but there’s always been a contingent that prefers the coast of Normandy — what it may lack in Mediterranean balm it more than makes up for in proximity to Paris, not to mention London and Brussels. And for close to a century the smart money has been on the Normandy Barrière, a sprawling palace of a hotel, which just happens to lie a stone’s throw (or a quick dash through an underground tunnel) from the Deauville casino." - Tablet Hotels