Cruises from Boulogne Sur Mer
Boulogne Sur Mer is a harbour village on the Côte d’Opale in northern France, bordering on the English Channel. Fifty kilometres to the north-west one might see distant England. Further north along the French coast lie the ferry terminal of Calais and the famous beach of Dunkirk.
Read moreBoulogne Sur Mer was rebuilt following its destruction in WWII, after a distinctive modernist architectural style named ‘brutalist’ (from the French of ‘raw concrete’) – with block-shaped functional and angular buildings. Yet amidst the tree-lined streets visitors will find historical France – indeed its other name is “Ville d’art et d’historie”. Visit the towering 12th Century Belfry (Heritage Site), the impressive Cathedral of Notre-Dame, and the Chateau-Musée (the Castle Museum) that houses famous collections of masks from Alaska, Greek ceramics, and an Egyptian collection, to name a few.
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