Lille, Flanders & the Somme
Overlooking Le Crotoy's beach, this atmospheric old-time hotel has 35 rooms, 13 with fabulous bay views; try room 33, which occupies one of the cone-roofed tourelles (turrets). Five rooms are accessible by lift. Kids aged four to 14 can stay in a dormitory with 10 bunks (€32 per child including breakfast).
The restaurant serves excellent seafood, most of it locally sourced.
Parc du Marquenterre Bird Sanctuary
3.71 MILES
An astonishing 300 bird species have been sighted at this 2-sq-km bird sanctuary, an important migratory stopover between the UK, Iceland, Scandinavia and…
12.71 MILES
Nestled in the bucolic Authie valley 27km northeast of Le Crotoy, this strikingly beautiful 12th-century abbey, rebuilt between 1687 and 1756, merits a…
Église St-Martin de St-Valery-sur-Somme
1.81 MILES
St-Valery-sur-Somme's Église St-Martin was built from shingle and flint, giving it a chequerboard appearance, guarded by fantastical gargoyles…
21.56 MILES
Designed by French artist Alain Godon (b 1964), this 9.5m-high sculpture made from polystyrene on a metal frame, coated with beach sand, depicts an…
21.07 MILES
Nowadays this 1913-built beauty is Le Touquet's Palais de Congrès (convention centre), but in the town's early-20th-century golden era it was the high…
1. Église St-Martin de St-Valery-sur-Somme
1.81 MILES
St-Valery-sur-Somme's Église St-Martin was built from shingle and flint, giving it a chequerboard appearance, guarded by fantastical gargoyles…
2. Parc du Marquenterre Bird Sanctuary
3.71 MILES
An astonishing 300 bird species have been sighted at this 2-sq-km bird sanctuary, an important migratory stopover between the UK, Iceland, Scandinavia and…
12.71 MILES
Nestled in the bucolic Authie valley 27km northeast of Le Crotoy, this strikingly beautiful 12th-century abbey, rebuilt between 1687 and 1756, merits a…
21.07 MILES
Nowadays this 1913-built beauty is Le Touquet's Palais de Congrès (convention centre), but in the town's early-20th-century golden era it was the high…
21.56 MILES
Designed by French artist Alain Godon (b 1964), this 9.5m-high sculpture made from polystyrene on a metal frame, coated with beach sand, depicts an…