Tourist Attractions & Monuments sur la Côte d'Opale

The coast runs from Dunkirk to Bray-Dunes, last city French before Belgium. The 15 km of beach are surrounded by North Sea and 700 ha of dunes listed as national nature reserve. Impossible not to fall for water sports: sand yachting, windsurfing, kayaking, speed sail, kite surfing... You can also relax by placing your towel, renting a kiosk... Children or adult, everyone can practice an activity safely thanks to professionals who accompany them. The quality of its natural areas, its sustainable tourism approach and its recreation nature offer enabled the Dunes of Flanders to be labelled 4-star Nautical station.

In the Gothic style, brick on sandstone base, its listed gate dating back to 1582 is him in Renaissance style. The rich furniture of the interior comes from the recollet convent. Its stained-glass windows of different colours make it one of the most exceptional churches in Northern France.

The place is ideal: Fort Risban is originally a fortified island erected to lock the port of Calais and to prevent any attack from the enemy. It was taken over by the English in the 14th century who built the Lancaster tower still visible today in the munitions ware house. Then the French won against the Spanish here in the 16th century and the Germans made this place a link of the Atlantic wall during the Second World War. The walls of the fort have recently been renovated and are an outpost of the history of the engagements and invasions that shook the city.