Deauville: Hotels & Evening Entertainment

Things to do during the day

• The beach is two kilometres of sand, set with 450 colourful parasols in the summer months.^{2, 3}
• Les Planches, the wooden boardwalk laid in 1923, runs for 643 metres beside Art Deco beach huts. The barriers between the huts carry the names of actors and directors who have come to the American Film Festival.^{2, 3}
• Les Franciscaines, a building once home to the Franciscan order and bought by the town in 2012, opened in May 2021 as a museum, auditorium and media library.^{1, 2}
• Deauville has two racecourses, Deauville La Touques and Deauville Clairefontaine. La Touques, the older one, was built in 1864 near the town centre and also hosts polo matches.^{1, 2}
• Villa Strassburger, built in 1907 and listed as a national historic monument in 1975, keeps its original furniture and decor.²
• Markets are held on Place du Marché on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and every day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in summer.²

Evening ideas

• Casino Barrière Deauville, facing the sea, is open daily from 10 a.m. until 2 a.m., 3 a.m. on Friday nights and 4 a.m. on Saturday nights.^{4, 5}
• The casino's Italian-style theatre and its gala hall, the Salon des Ambassadeurs, stage shows and dinner shows. The Barrière group counted 25 theatre shows and 23 dinner shows in figures dated 31 October 2025.^{5, 9}
• The O2 Sofa Bar at the casino is open from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., until 2 a.m. on Fridays and 3 a.m. on Saturdays. In summer it adds a 200 square metre terrace with a sea view.⁶
• The Deauville American Film Festival has been held every September since 1975, at the Centre International de Deauville on the seafront.^{2, 3}

Restaurants and bars

• The Normandy tourist board lists two Michelin-starred restaurants in Deauville, L'Essentiel and Maximin Hellio.²
• On Les Planches, Ciro's has served seafood since 1959. The Bar du Soleil, with a terrace on the sand, serves Italian-inspired dishes, and the Bar de la Mer serves seafood platters and salads beside the beach.¹⁰
• Inside the casino, Le Plaza Café serves brasserie dishes from 11 a.m. to midnight, until 1 a.m. on Fridays and 2 a.m. on Saturdays. Le Cercle opens for dinner on Friday and Saturday evenings; it sits in the gaming area, so an identity document is needed.^{7, 8}

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