A huge tidal bay of sandflats and salt marshes, one of the most beautiful in the world, home to France's largest colony of seals. At low tide, guided walks cross the bay on foot; never set out alone, as the tide comes in fast.
See the seals at Le Hourdel, watch birds at the Parc du Marquenterre, and ride the steam train around the bay between Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Cayeux.
The largest Gothic cathedral in France, built in the 13th century, with a nave so vast that two Notre-Dames of Paris would fit inside.
Two great headlands on the Opal Coast facing England across the narrowest part of the Channel: the white chalk cliffs of Blanc-Nez and the grey rocks…
A protected line of wild sand dunes and long beaches between Dunkirk and the Belgian border, among the oldest dunes in France.
Dramatic white chalk cliffs on the Normandy coast, with natural arches and a needle of rock standing in the sea, painted by Monet and Courbet.
A modernist mansion built in 1932 by Robert Mallet-Stevens for a textile industrialist, with sleek yellow brick walls, a long mirror pool and every d…
The house where Claude Monet lived for 43 years, and the gardens he created and painted again and again: a flower garden bursting with colour, and ac…
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