Christelle and Olivier offer B&B accommodation for up to 13 people in their two-hundred-year-old house built within the walls of Saint George’s abbey. All the rooms look onto the spectacular abbey-church, built in the 12th century and a masterpiece of Norman architecture. The name “hostises” (13th century French) refers to little cottages inhabited by serfs (“host” in medieval French) who paid a rent to the landlord for the use of the buildings. The French language has another word (which then passed into English). for “hostise”: “tenure”.
Les Hostises B&B is located on the inside of the first meander of the river Seine downstream from Rouen, 6 miles to the west of the former capital of the dukes of Normandy. Saint George’s is the first stop after Rouen on the Norman abbeys circuit before Jumièges and Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle. It is also half way between Giverny and Honfleur if you are following the impressionist painters’ trail.
The village of Saint-Martin de Boscherville is an architectural jewel nestling in a green setting. It lies at the heart of the Boucles de la Seine Normande (Seine Valley loops) regional park, on the edge of the Roumare forest. It is set above marshes and peat bogs. It is ideal for sports and outdoor activities.