FRANCE - Opal Coast
The Opal Coast (Côte d'Opale) is a French coastal region bordering Belgium, situated opposite the cliffs of the south-east of England, facing the English Channel and the North Sea.
The Côte d'Opale contains varied landscapes like beaches, dunes, swamps, estuaries or cliffs and extends over 120 kilometres (75 mi) of coast between the Belgian border and the border with Picardy..
The Cote d'Opale is marked by the presence of two big cliffs situated between Calais and Boulogne: the Cap Gris Nez (literally grey nose cape in English) reaching 50 metres (160 ft) and the Cap Blanc Nez (literally white nose cape in English) reaching 132 metres (433 ft). They are the closest points on the French coast to England.
BEST TIME to VISIT OPAL COAST
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to FRANCE.
From June to September
The man on the platform just finish to cross the channel between England and France - around 10 hours swimming
Channel view - 28 kilometers between England and France
landscape
Wimereux - restaurant
Audresselles beach
Audreselles - A WWII blockhaus has been transformed in a house
Audreselles - Street view with old fishermen houses
Wissant - typical house
Wissant - modern house
Wissant - Typical house
Wimereux - hotel
Wissant - house
Audreselles - Typical house
Wissant - church
Wimereux - typical houses
Wimereux - typical house
Wimereux - Sea-front houses - the wooden cabins were on the beach but with climate change, there is no more dry beach. We don't know the opinion of the owners of the ground floor of these buildings as they don't have any sea view.
Wimereux - Sea-front houses - the wooden cabins were on the beach but with climate change, there is no more dry beach.
Wimereux - Sea-front houses - the wooden cabins were on the beach but with climate change, there is no more dry beach.
Wimereux - giant chess game
Wimereux - Sea-front houses - the wooden cabins were on the beach but with climate change, there is no more dry beach
Audreselles.beach
Wimereux beach
View on Cap Blanc Nez (white cliffs at the background)
View of the Cap Blanc Nez
a trail and a WWII blockhaus
a WWII blockhaus built par the germans during WWII
Audresselles rocky beach
Audresselles rocky beach
Trail along the coast
Cap Gris Nez - Lighthouse
Cattle grazing with a magnificent view on the Channel
small village
View of the Channel and Cap Blanc Nez
View of Cap Blanc Nez just after the beach
View of the Cap Blanc Nez
Village of Audresselles
Sandy beach and Cap Blanc Nez at the background
sandy beach
Audreselles - Typical house
small church in the countryside
vacations time for this family
Audreselles - Typical house
Wimereux - Sea front houses
Audreselles - Typical house
Cap Gris Nez - Lighthouse
Audreselles - Typical house