Visit of Villerville - The Hotel des Parisiens

Built in the middle of the 19th century by the same architect of the Hotel Flaubert in Trouville-sur-Mer, the Grand Hôtel des Parisiens was a landmark in Villerville. Deauvillais and trouvillais rushed there for the "five o'clock" and sometimes lingered there until dinner, sometimes hoping to run into Mistinguett or the Duke of Windsor. Oscar Wilde also stayed here in 1897.
In the 1920s, Abel Mahu, a villervillais, opened a restaurant in the hotel. Rated two stars in the Michelin Guide, the restaurant was one of the best in the department and the whole of Normandy rushed to its doors. An emblematic figure of Villerville, and also mayor in 1945, the rue des Bains was named after him after his death0