Small town in Normandy

no shortage of small towns in Normandy ;-)

get the Michelin Green guide and pick a town. I've visited Trouville, nice place. But towns on the water may be expensive. It may be cheaper somewhere inland in the area.

I stayed in Criel-sur-Mer near Le Tréport a few years back and visted Dieppe, revisited both Fécamp and Étretat and some other places in one day and have to admit it was actually too much as I had to return all the way back to my bases.

But driving from Rouen to these places is tiny Varengeville-sur-Mer close to Dieppe a nice place to stay and the view of the cliffs from nearby Église Saint Valéry is stunning. Yport halfway between Étretat and Fécamp is lovely too as well as following the scenic roads D211 and D11 there.
Depending how you put your itinerary together staying closer to Rouen in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon with it’s abbey close to (toll free) Pont de Brotonne is also worth to consider.

An organization for B&B’s I have good exepriences with for many years is Gîtes-de-France, for rooms search for chambres d’hôtes. https://www.gites-de-france.com/en/normandy

We loved the small town of Arromanches. We stayed several nights at RS recommended inn Le Mulberry. We ate at the wonderful restaurant, as well. Just off the beach is the remnants of an WWII artificial harbor. Next to the beach is a small, well done, museum specifically addresses the harbor as well as other aspects of WWII.

We are traveling to Normandy during the 75th Anniversary of D Day and will be in the area for 4 days. We are not doing Paris or anywhere else in France. Which of RS books is better for the Nor,Andy area? Paris book or France?? Sorry for such a stupid question.

And yes this trip is long long planned and all arrangements already made 😉

nannakathi , Unfortunately, RS books give the most minimal coverage of Normandy IMHO. Google gives you more info. Since you are going during the 75th anniversary, check out this page for memorial events near Sainte-Mère-Église and Carentan:

http://www.ot-baieducotentin.fr/en/d-day-1944/13390-2/

To the OP, Arromanches is wonderful. Although even thought it is small, it is somewhat touristy. But the location is great.

Normandy is in the RS France Guidebook. I think there is a fair amount of info but would agree that there could be far more.

I do agree with PharmerPhil that Arromanches has its "touristy" aspects. In fact, right off the beach and by the wonderful museum is a few tacky gift shops. As per our style of travel, we ignored them as well as the restaurants adjacent to the gift shops. I still would recommend without hesitation, Arromanches. And a little unrelated, they fly the British flag in Arromanches on just about every pole possible, much like on the "American" beaches where they fly the U.S. flag. The people of Normandy are really quite grateful to the allied forces. In Normandy, more than anywhere, I think, I felt very proud to be American.

We found a beautiful gite to rent for a super price in a tiny village called Rouvres, south of Caen for our June visit this year. Remains to be seen, but it looks beautifully charming, and close enough for us to drive to all the sites we want to see.

We stayed in vitre Very scenic and stuffed frogs in the castle museum.

Thank you for the suggestions.
In answer to why not Giverny on the way to Rouen - will be on train and could not locate luggage storage. Any ideas?
We do travel light, but not to carry all day.

I have no personal experience with this company, but this looks like an option:

https://www.holibag.io/en/luggage-storage/France/Vernon

You might find other possibilities by Googling.