The Beaches in Picardy

Le Crotoy

Le Crotoy, facing due south

Soak up the maritime atmosphere of this little fishing port? traditional fishermen's cottages are interspersed with holiday homes.

Le Crotoy saws its moment of glory through Guerlain, perfumier to the Empress Eugénie, who brought Parisian high society to stay in the Bay of Somme.

Fort-Mahon-Plage

Fort-Mahon-Plage, between the Baie of Somme and the Baie d'Authie

This resort nestles in the heart of one of the most beautiful ranges of dunes in Europe. Its long sandy beach stretches between the Baie d'Authie to the north and the Baie of Somme to the south.

In Fort-Mahon, you are guaranteed a stay that is 100% invigorating: catamaran sailing, sand yachting, golf or cycling, the choice is yours!

Quend-Plage-Les-Pins

Quend-Plage-Les-Pins, a breath of fresh air

Make the most of its 15 km of sandy beach to try out the seaside winter sport, sand yachting, or of the coolness of its pine forest as you move from tree to tree in trees and Aventure Park.

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

Le Touquet has a reputation as the most elegant holiday resort of northern France, the playground of rich Parisians, with many luxury hotels.

Since the mid-1990s, Le Touquet’s villas have become extremely fashionable among architecture lovers throughout Europe, rediscovering the “folie” of seaside architecture of both the Roaring twenties and the Thirties. The most famous local architect is Louis Quetelart  whose style was named after him: Louis Quetelart Style.

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Cayeux-sur-Mer

Cayeux-sur-Mer, health resort

Take the boardwalk edged with 400 beach huts and enjoy the long beach of blue shingle. Watch as the fishing smacks leave the port of Le Hourdel to fish for prawns, visit the Benoît Champy, a genuine lifeboat from the early 20th century, and try your luck in the casino.

Mers-les-Bains

Mers-les-Bains, filled with the Belle Epoque charm

This resort took off with the arrival of the railway at the end of the 19th century, and with the start of the voque for sea bathing. Take a look at la Belle Epoque villas in the beach district, at the foot of the solid chalk cliff, a notable example of Art Nouveau: wood balconies and wrought iron with flowing lines, bow-windows, coloured façades, an explosion of ornamentation.