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EXPERIENCE Le Nord and Picardy Boats moored in the tranquil

marina at the pretty fishing
port of Boulogne-sur-Mer

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2 13th-century Château de STAY
Boulogne-sur-Mer, built for
Boulogne-sur-Mer the Counts of Boulogne, Marotte
is now a historical museum. A 19th-century
! D1 ⌂ Pas de Calais £ @
mansion has been
n Parvis de Nausicaa; In the centre of town, shops, transformed into a
hotels and fish restaurants line
www.tourisme-
boulognesurmer.com quai Gambetta on the east luxurious and very
bank of the River Liane. To the romantic hideaway.
An important fishing port north lie Boulogne’s beach and ! D2 ⌂ 3 rue Marotte,
and busy marina, Boulogne’s Nausicaa, a vast, innovative Amiens ∑ hotel-
attractions come neatly boxed aquarium and Sea Centre, the marotte.com
in a walled Haute Ville, with largest of its kind in Europe. ¡¡¡
the Porte des Dunes opening A great option for families,
onto a 17th- to 19th-century the aquarium’s exhibits invites
ensemble of the Palais de visitors to “dive in” to shark- Meurice
Justice, Bibliothèque and filled caves and coral lagoons. Founded in 1771 and
Hôtel de Ville. North of town, the Colonne rebuilt after World War
The 19th-century Basilique de la Grande Armée was II, the Meurice has
Notre-Dame is capped by a erected in 1841 as a monu ment hardly changed since it
dome visible for miles. Inside, to Napoleon I’s invasion of was a favourite of
a bejewelled wooden statue England in 1803–5. From the postwar British high
represents Boulogne’s top there is a pano ramic view society.
patroness, Notre-Dame de along the coast. This is the ! D1 ⌂ 5-7 rue Edmond
Boulogne. She is wearing a most scenic stretch of the Roche, Calais ∑ hotel-
soleil, a headdress also worn Côte d’Opale (Opal Coast). meurice.fr
by women during the Grande ¡¡¡
Procession held annually in her Château de Boulogne-
honour. Nearby, the moated sur-Mer Le Westminster
" ⌂ Rue de Bernet § 03 21 Le Touquet’s finest Art
10 02 20 # May–Sep: 10am– Deco hotel since the
6pm Wed–Mon; Oct-Apr: 1920s, with elegant
Did You Know? 10am–12:30pm & 2:30– rooms, a pool and a spa.
5:30pm Wed–Mon ¢ 1 May, ! D1 ⌂ Av du Verger, Le
Julius Caesar walked 25 Dec, 1st week of Jan Touquet-Paris-Plage
Boulogne-sur-Mer’s ∑ hotelsbarriere.com
streets when he Nausicaa
visited his naval base " ⌂ Bd Sainte-Beuve ¡¡¡
around 55 BC. # 9:30am–6:30pm daily (to
8pm Jul–Aug) ¢ 3 weeks in
Jan, 25 Dec ∑ nausicaa.fr
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