LITTORAL ET CAMPAGNE: LE NORD PAS DE CALAIS VERSION VERTE
COASTAL AND COUNTRY AREA
NORD PAS DE CALAIS IN ITS GREEN VERSION.
From the Belgian border to the bay of Authie, beaches stretch
between sea and rand dunes along 140 km. The 20 sea resorts
or so have done nothing against the preservation of this exceptional
site.
Inside the dune massifs as well as the estuaries of the numerous
small coastal streams, defense of the environment is totally
compatible with the publics expectations and eagerness for
walks,
nature and fine Band. And there stands the National Site of
the Caps Gris Nez and Blanc Nez. The first cliffs aliter Denmark
as you tome from the North, near to the Channe) Tunnel works,
and halfway between Calais and Boulogne, this site is a symbol
of space and freedom for men as well as birds.
The Caps site hinterland is the Boulonnais, part of the regional
natural parc Nord Pas de Calais, which also extends over the
Audomarois, around St Orner, a )and of marshes and chalky
hillsides, to the Scarpe and Escaut plain, east from Lille,
which the forent surrounding St Amand les Eaux overlooks.
The pasture lands and copses of the Boulonnais provide wanderers
with hedges and green nooks, as in the Canche and Authie
countries, with the flower decked valleys a little more to
the south behind Le Touquet
Other green stops: inner Flanders, with mountains (Mont Casse),
Mont des Cats, Mont Noir...)lined up in front of the sea plain,
and
Artois, with the departments leasure and nature park of Olhain.
Two hours away: Avesnois, and the Ardennes foot hills already.
Large forests, untouched bocage country, a barrier lake in
Val Joly, especially suited to nature and leisure activities...
from one gently doping hill to another, Avesnois surrenders
to discovery.
The imprints of tradition are never faraway.