Find a place to rest your head, and pick up ideas about the many restaurants in and around Dieppe. Identify the fishes you will find on local menus and learn how to serve "moules à la crème".

This is not a conventional guide, but we hope a useful one. Learn how to travel to this town for all seasons with something for all tastes. There's a "What's On" of events over the coming months.

For a start, there is the inevitable shopping, including the unmissable market day. Go swimming in all seasons. And find ideas for children's pleasures in the day and adults' outings at night.

Dieppe traces its history back to when the Vikings founded a port here. The British connection goes back a long way, too. And there is a poignant link with Canada that is commemorated every year.

The historical places of Dieppe - the clifftop castle museum with its rich art treasures, the great churches and the ancient quarters - are all deserving of exploration. A guided tour may help.

Dieppe is a starting point for voyages of discovery across the region of Normandy, with its ancient cities, castles, abbeys, its busy ports, gardens and orchards, and its green, green fields.

The French do things differently, so it's useful to know about odd opening times and odd customs, as well as odd ways of seeing the world. And there are useful words and numbers here to help you, too.