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Gravelines, Opal Coast
Source : DATAtourisme — Hauts-de-France Tourisme, mise à jour du 2022-01-27. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
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Gravelines
On August 26, 2026, the Museum of Drawing and Original Prints in Gravelines invites you to explore the K-Print exhibition, a collection of Korean woodblock prints. Admission is €3.50.
Gravelines
Explore the moat at Gravelines. The Embarcadère Vauban Promenade tourist site welcomes you inside a guardhouse and offers a variety of water-based recreational activities. You can explore this unspoiled setting at your own pace in a rowboat, pedal boat, or electric boat. Opening dates: APRIL 11 THROUGH JUNE 28 AND SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH 27, 2026 Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (last departures: 4:55 PM) JULY 1–AUGUST 30, 2026 Tuesday through Sunday from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM (last departures: 5:55 PM) | Closed on Mondays RATES (ONE-HOUR TIME SLOTS ONLY): > Electric boats (5 passengers): €22/hour> Rowboats (5 passengers): €12> Pedal boats: (2–3 passengers): €12/hour – (4–5 passengers): €18/hour
Gravelines
If you’d like to explore on your own, don’t wait any longer! Starting this year, you can rent a traditional wooden rowboat with an audio guide to discover the walled city at your own pace. Available in French, Dutch, and English. Price: €30 to rent a boat and audio guides (5-passenger boat) – Duration: 1 hour – Reservations required
Wimereux
A botanical garden located just a stone's throw from downtown. Worth visiting any time of year!
Bouin-Plumoison
The "Histoire d'Abeille" Honey Plant Garden in Bouin-Plumoison is an educational and ecological space dedicated to the conservation of bees and pollinators. This garden sanctuary invites visitors to discover local biodiversity through a collection of honey plants carefully selected for their appeal to foraging insects.
Grande-Synthe
Take a stroll through these small gardens, which are open to everyone. They feature four playgrounds as well as collections of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees that are refreshed every year. It’s sure to be a lovely family outing.
Gravelines
The Jardin de la Liberté is a former 19th-century private garden that has retained all its charm. It features all the hallmarks of late 19th-century gardens: the gazebo, boxwood-lined paths, old rose bushes, the gloriette, and white arbors. The traditional floral displays give this site the air of a “guardian of traditions.”
Leffrinckoucke
Located on the northern coast east of Dunkirk, the 300 hectares that make up the Dewulf Dune make it one of the coast’s most remarkable natural sites, typical of the Dunes of Flanders. A mix of wooded dunes, wet dune slacks, and dry dunes, this area holds significant ecological value, despite its peri-urban location. Near the site’s entrance, the Fort des Dunes (a former fortified camp) showcases the area’s military history, with significant remnants still visible deep within the dunes themselves.
Ghyvelde
Running parallel to the coast and sheltered from the wind by the Marchand Dune and the Perroquet Dunes, the fossil dune—also known as the “Pine Dune”—is the last remaining stretch of preserved fossil dunes. It is of great geological interest, as it marks the path of the shoreline as it existed 5,000 years ago. Covering an area of 112 hectares, its unique ecosystems—such as lichens and mosses—evoke exotic tundra landscapes dotted with a few lakes. Together with Lake Möeres, this area spans nearly 200 hectares, offering walkers peace and tranquility.
