The reputation of the French Riviera is well known around the world but perhaps few people know about the other the coastline that has attracted holidaymakers since the 1900s - Deauville. Situated on the Normandy coast, Deauville's proximity to the country's capital landed it the moniker of the Parisian Riviera. This is all thanks to the construction of a new rail route that connected Paris to the seaside resort in the1860s and allowed the upper classes to reach its beaches with ease.