CAP BLANC NEZ CLIFFS 6 Perhaps You Have Seen the Cap Blanc Nez Cliffs to the West of Calais from the Sea? If Not, You Will See Them When You Sail Towards Boulogne

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CAP BLANC NEZ CLIFFS 6 Perhaps you have seen the Cap Blanc Nez cliffs to the West of Calais from the sea? If not, you will see them when you sail towards Boulogne. When you stop in Calais Harbour, discover this remarkable natural area, and observe the Dover Straights from land, from the top of Cap Blanc Nez. In clear weather, you will see the White Cliffs of Dover, the Calais Hinterland, and the cliffs near Cap Gris Nez, the point closest between the Continent and Great Britain. Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Gris Nez are part of the Grands Sites de France Calais Network (35 sites) and benefit from extra environmental attention. GrEAT FRENCH NATURE RESERVE Marina EATING OUT On your journey towards Cap Blanc Nez, Blériot Plage and Sangatte have restaurants and food stores. At the foot of Cap Blanc Nez, there are restaurants in the village of Escalles.

HOW TO GET THERE? • The Calais-Boulogne by the Coast route runs all year round By foot. From Calais beach, you can go to Cap Blanc Nez by the (except Sundays and public holidays). coast. Careful, look up the The journey lasts approximately 30 minutes. tides before leaving Calais, the Cap Blanc Nez can be dangerous! • Route nb 5 of the Calais public transport network runs to Cap Blanc Nez in the summer season (Fort Risban). By taxi: Phone numbers are available in the harbour office. Explore ashore nature and discovery nature ashore Explore • Vel-in: Self-service bike rental (www.vel-in.fr) Station closest to the marina: Calais (Fort Risban) Station closest to Cap Blanc Nez: Sangatte (town hall)

• Opale Vélo Services : bike rental association (short or long

term). 39, boulevard Jacquard (Calais) Philippe Fruitier - Bertand Lemir. Crédits photos : Come alongside and visit http://opaleveloservices.free.fr The Site des Deux Caps (headlands), Stations Vel-in a Great French Nature Reserve

Campaign lead by the Plaisance Côte d’Opale network and the tourism offices of Etaples-sur-mer, Boulogne-sur-mer, Calais, Vauban-Gravelines and Dunkirk. OT Intercommunal Calais Côte d’Opale 12, boulevard Clemenceau – Calais www.calais-cotedopale.com www.plaisance-opale.com Tél : +33 (0)3 21 96 62 40 Calais

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1 Marina The Marina is your reference for the visit. The distance between the port and point is 12 km, by 6 When you go up to the Cap Blanc Nez, on the RD940 road, you will see the statue of Hubert Latham, bike or on foot. 4 another pioneer of aviation and unfortunate rival of Louis Blériot in the race to be the first to cross the Channel by plane. ON YOUR WAY Between Calais and Cap Blanc Nez is Blériot Plage, a village named after Louis Blériot, a pioneering During the Second World War, the German authorities were convinced that the Allied troupes would 2 pilot, who in July 1909 was the first to successfully fly a plane from the European Continent and 5 land on the Pas de Calais coast. On the cliffs, you can see the bunkers, the remains of the Wall of Great Britain. the Atlantic. You won’t notice and that’s perfectly normal, it is one hundred metres under your feet! When you 3 leave the village of Sangatte, towards Cap Blanc Nez, you will pass over the Channel Tunnel, which has been operating since 1994.