abbaye de jumieges

A beautiful abbey in an equally beautiful town. The ruins are quite breathtaking and bring alive how life and times would have been during its existence.

You can tour the ruins of an old abbey here. It was built in 654, destroyed a few times, and ultimately destroyed in the French Revolution. It is a really neat site here. You can walk all around the ruins and inside what is left. When you are standing facing the front of the abbey, walk towards the back into the garden. You can get some nice views from here. You would need about 45 minutes for this site. I would make a return visit. Parking is across the street and is free.

Grey stone ruins, an early morning mist, and an overcast sky combined to create a truly memorable visit to L'Abbaye de Jumieges in Normandy. Several of my favourite photos from a two-week tour in France were snapped at this venue. First founded in 654, the former monastery was extended in the 13th, rebuilt in the17th, and finally now protected as a national treasure. A beautifully treed park is the perfect setting to this magnificent and majestic ruins.

Found this Michelin guide 3 star attraction as we were looking for day trips from Etretat. Beautiful and the ipad guide (only 5 Euro) is very well done. As another reviewer noted, you can view what the abbey looked like in its day. Audio commentary and photos also included. The Abbey closes at lunch time so it's good to get there early, we were disappointed that we only had an hour to explore the grounds.

The largest ruined abbey in Normandy.6 euro entrance and worth every cent. Very good printed guide and clear explanatory display boards. There is a very good exhibition in the Abbots residence.

The ruins of this abbey can be visited hiring an ipad from the cashier, which has a information on it, but also shows you how the churches, cloister, gardens etc would have looked like in its original state. This is the first time we had the opportunity to use such an app, and it made the visit of a ruin come to life. Especially the Carolingian chapel was a surprise to be shown how it would have looked like!

The ruins of the main abbey building at Jumieges are certainly impressive - but there is not a lot else to see. France has many ruined abbeys and this would not rank in my top 10. Worth a look if you are passing by but not a special effort.

According to the guidebooks, this is supposed to be the most beautiful ruin in France. Granted, I haven't seen many others in the country, but I have seen quite a lot of ruined castles and churches elsewhere. The abbey in Jumieges beats them all, hands-down. It's got great atmosphere, lots of photo opportunities and a really rich history. Definitely worth a visit.

Found a wonderful small shop that sold all sorts of goodies. It was open on Sunday and sold beautiful roast chickens. The lady also put in a huge joint of pork while we we looking. She doesn't speak English, so you need to know some basic French. But that said the chicken was delicious and the fruit too. A real find because it opens from 9am - 1pm, or so the sign says, but a 3pm she was still open. Fantastic

Firstly, a hint for getting there: from the A13 (junction 25), head north & then follow signs to Jumièges via the (free) boat over the Seine which avoids going the long way round. It was well worth paying €5 to rent the I-Pad for all the extra information it gave. The I-Pad gives audio commentaries, pictures and a 3D, 360° view of what certain parts of the site would have been / looked like. Guided tours are also available. There are a few information panels around the site and information leaflets are available from where you buy the tickets. However, if you just do the visit yourself (without the I-Pad or guided tour), you’d probably miss out on information. It was a very interesting visit. A walk around the grounds gives some very pretty views. The abbey is in ruins so you do need to imagine what it was like. There is a lot of seating as you go round.

A short 30-40 min car ride from our hotel in Rouen. The Abbey itself is in ruins but beautiful none the less. It's well worth a visit just for the surroundings. If you go there by bike or car I recommend to take a detour on your way home and checkout the scenery. We took the Chemin du Halage by the Seine.

I revisited for the first time in 40 years, well worth it. The great white ruins rise above this flat peninsula surrounded by the Seine, dominating the landscape. Both the free leaflet and the guidebook available from the ticket office do an adequate job of pointing out the key points, but the real glory is seen by stepping up into the attractive terraced gardens and starting to enjoy the oblique views (and this is what some dissatisfied visitors may have missed). There are abundant seats on the lawns and terraces, and the woodland plantings in the park are also worth a walk. Take time to sit and enjoy the ruins, and a very pleasant hour can be filled. Excellent bookshop in the ticket hall. Practical notes: plenty of free parking by the Abbey. Post Office, two patisseries (short walk up hill from car park), at least one cafe, all make this a convenient stop. We also went to the Manoir Agnes Sorel (15 mins drive) - the iron gate is unlocked - and enjoyed a picnic there. Riverside fruit route full of attractive farms. If you can plan your route to use the ferry across to the Foret de Brotonne the 10 minute (free) trip across the river is fun; ferry goes every 20 minutes.

Michelin gives it 3 stars. It all has to do with the historical importance. But the abbey itself was completely destroyed. There are only few ruins left and these are not too impressive. The place is not easy to get to and for those like myself who prefer to see actual architecture rather than be told how great it used to be, this is definitely not the place to visit.

Unlike the abbey of nearby St. Martin de Boscherville, which for a large part has been restored and still is functional as a church, Jumièges is a ruin - but well maintained, and with a beautiful park around it. Even with a rollator, you fairly easily can gain access. The visitor's shop at the entrance gives highly adequate information.

Although ruined, there is enough of the Abbey left to get a feel for how it used to be. It was a very important, huge Abbey, with the Abbot accompanying William the Conquerer to Hastings.You are able to borrow iPads that you can point at parts of the building that recreates how it was - fascinating.