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Brimming with fascinating and fabulous features plus fantastic photos, inspiring, informative and entertaining guides, scrumptious recipes from top chefs, history, culture and much, much more. Discover the gorgeous Gulf of St-Tropez, the luminous Opal Coast in the north, pickled-in-the-past Sarlat, Beaujolais, medieval Mirepoix, The Lot, lovely Bergerac, the Oise Valley, the Loire Valley, Champagne, Brittany, Paris & more.... bringing France to you - wherever you are.

Brimming with fascinating and fabulous features plus fantastic photos, inspiring, informative and entertaining guides, scrumptious recipes from top chefs, history, culture and much, much more. Discover the gorgeous Gulf of St-Tropez, the luminous Opal Coast in the north, pickled-in-the-past Sarlat, Beaujolais, medieval Mirepoix, The Lot, lovely Bergerac, the Oise Valley, the Loire Valley, Champagne, Brittany, Paris & more.... bringing France to you - wherever you are.

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The site of les Deux Caps and the surrounding<br />

area are listed as a Grande Site de France<br />

due to the amazing wealth of landscapes,<br />

habitats and coastal villages.<br />

If you love the great outdoors, nature and<br />

glorious fresh air, stunning beaches, cosy inns<br />

where you’ll be warmly welcomed and served<br />

mouth-watering seasonal and the freshest of<br />

seafood dishes, authentic and historic villages,<br />

hiking, mountain biking, sailing and horseriding,<br />

fields of crimson poppies in spring and<br />

swathes of golden rapeseed in summer – you’ll<br />

fall head over heels for the Opal Coast…<br />

Discover restaurants, accommodation and<br />

what to see and do on the Opal Coast:<br />

calais-cotedopale.co.uk<br />

10 must-sees along<br />

the Opal Coast<br />

Stunning Bay of the Canche near Le Touquet.<br />

Slack dunes – the longest stretch of dunes in<br />

the Pas-de-Calais department.<br />

Nausicaa – the largest aquarium in Europe,<br />

at Boulogne-sur-Mer.<br />

Atlantic Wall Museum, Batterie Todt, near<br />

Cap Griz-Nez.<br />

Cycle the Vélomaritime route which runs<br />

from Dunkerque on the Belgian border to<br />

Roscoff in Brittany via the Opal Coast (bike<br />

hire available from Opale Velo from halfday<br />

to a year).<br />

The historic port city of Boulogne-sur-Mer.<br />

Watch the fishermen pull their traditional<br />

wooden boats, flobarts, up on the beach and<br />

buy your fresh fish direct.<br />

Napoleon’s Column on the site where the<br />

French General planned to invade England<br />

and awarded the first Legion d’Honneur<br />

medals.<br />

Visit Les 2 Caps craft brewery at Tardinghen.<br />

Ride a dragon in Calais.<br />

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