An iodine breeze, completely devoid of bacteria, blows sandy beaches. Ripen vegetables grow in famous gardens. The centuries-old villages ring around the Gothic cathedrals and cool rivers. Fine sand, pine forest near the shore – it is the perfect place for the rehabilitation of children. Adults may go in for golf and tennis, inspect the high dunes from the foot-launched airplane. Pick up crabs and mussels on the best beach between the sea and the forest, having studied our rating.
Le Touquet is a popular destination with local and visiting bourgeois. The city is located between Arras and Lille, just 7 km from the highway, on the English Channel coast. This is the center of the Opal Coast, where it is easily get to. This is probably why the resort is very popular with wealthy Parisians and not only those, who mass buy real estate here and come on weekends or on vacation to spend time very status, but without much fanfare.
Wissant Beach is a series of magnificent beaches with white sand near a small same-name town on the coastline of Opal, in the department of Pas de Calais. The natural beauty of these places rightfully won the title of the pearl of Northern Europe. From the Duver Calais canal tunnel, it is literally 5 minutes drive from here, relatively close to Boulogne.
Ardlo (La Plage d'Hardelot) is located approximately in the middle between Boulogne and Le Touquet. The territory belongs to the region of Nord Pas de Calais. Since the beginning of the last century, it has been a small quiet resort for lovers of golf and yachts. By this century, Ardlo almost doubled. In high season there is an abundance of yachts, surfers, fortunately, rescuers provide complete safety.
Plage de Malo-les-Bains is a picturesque beach in the small commune of Malo les Bains on the eastern outskirts of Dunkirk. People come here to combine a calm beach rest with a fascinating immersion in the history of this region in northern France.
Calais Beach is one of the most popular beaches in the north of France. There are no special conditions for rest here, and when swimming in the sea, it is necessary to exercise extreme caution due to the very active shipping in this region. But this does not make the long sandy coastline of Calais Beach less attractive for rest. People come here for long walks by the sea on fine sand and for resting on the picturesque coast, from which it is possible to see the English coastline with binoculars in good weather.
Cran d’Escalles is the best beach in the north of France, according to the Paris Match magazine, as well as a true miracle of nature and the main landmark of the Opal coast. It is difficult to disagree with all this, seeing the bewitching beauty of the coastline, surrounded by majestic snow-white chalk cliffs, resembling similar cliff formations on the coast of Dover.
Plage De Boulogne Sur Mer is a vast picturesque beach on the English Channel coast in the center of the same-name port city in northern France. The sandy coastline stretches from the city harbor, where the Nausicaa aquarium is located, to St. Martin's promenade, near which there is a sailing school.
Dobin Beach is a picturesque city beach, located in Burke commune in northern France. The long sandy coastline stretched for about a kilometer. At the same time, most of it runs parallel to the promenade of the town, almost very close to it. The entire coastline is covered with very clean fine sand.
Plage de Zuydcoote is a beach in Zuydcoote commune in the north of France, with its incredibly attractive scenery. This coastline with snow-white sand and impressive dunes gained particular fame after filming here the episodes of "Weekend on the Ocean" with Belmondo. The resort with a popular beach also pleases with a convenient location: only 3 km separates it from the Belgian border and less than an hour's travel from Lille.
Slack Dune Beach is a beautiful but almost semi-desert beach, located between two French communes - Ambleteuse and Vimere in the O de France region on the North Sea coastline. It is possible to get to the beach from both coastal cities. In the first case, it is necessary to get to the organized free parking lot and walk about 1 km, while the travel will delight with very picturesque scenery. From Vimere it is much easier to get to the beach, because from the car parking lot it is necessary to overcome only 200 m on foot.
Wimereux Beach is one of the most beautiful city beaches in the resort of Vimere, located in its central part, right along the promenade. In the summer season, it is monitored by a rescue service, which makes this coastline in northern France the most attractive for merried couples with children.
Merlimont is a picturesque sandy beach with scenery, typical for the Opal coast. It is located in northern France, in the central part of the same-name commune, stretching parallel to the city promenade for 800 m. In summer period, families with children most often prefer to rest here, so the beach is monitored by the rescue service during the season and on weekends. Near the rescue tower right on the coastline there is a bar with a terrace, which also makes this place especially attractive for rest.
Audresselles Beach is a beautiful long and almost deserted wild beach near Odressel, which is one of the most picturesque coastal villages in the north of France. During low tide, the coastline takes on a fantastic view. The receding waters expose large rocks, boulders and shingle, overgrown with emerald moss. The coastline here is mostly shingly, but in places during the decrease of sea waters there are also sandbanks.
Mers les Bains (Plage de Mers les Bains) is the picturesque beach of the southernmost resort of the O de France region. Particularly attractiveness to this coast is given not only thanks to a good location, but also an amazing scenery. Part of the beach is surrounded by impressive snow-white cliffs, on which the settlement partially rises, and part - joins the promenade, that impresses with exquisite ancient and unusual modern architecture.