The site of les Deux

The site of les Deux Caps and the surrounding area are listed as a Grande Site de France due to the amazing wealth of landscapes, habitats and coastal villages. If you love the great outdoors, nature and glorious fresh air, stunning beaches, cosy inns where you’ll be warmly welcomed and served mouth-watering seasonal and the freshest of seafood dishes, authentic and historic villages, hiking, mountain biking, sailing and horseriding, fields of crimson poppies in spring and swathes of golden rapeseed in summer – you’ll fall head over heels for the Opal Coast… Discover restaurants, accommodation and what to see and do on the Opal Coast: calais-cotedopale.co.uk 10 must-sees along the Opal Coast Stunning Bay of the Canche near Le Touquet. Slack dunes – the longest stretch of dunes in the Pas-de-Calais department. Nausicaa – the largest aquarium in Europe, at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Atlantic Wall Museum, Batterie Todt, near Cap Griz-Nez. Cycle the Vélomaritime route which runs from Dunkerque on the Belgian border to Roscoff in Brittany via the Opal Coast (bike hire available from Opale Velo from halfday to a year). The historic port city of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Watch the fishermen pull their traditional wooden boats, flobarts, up on the beach and buy your fresh fish direct. Napoleon’s Column on the site where the French General planned to invade England and awarded the first Legion d’Honneur medals. Visit Les 2 Caps craft brewery at Tardinghen. Ride a dragon in Calais. 22 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 23