보닝그 레 칼레 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

High vantage point on the Opal Coast near Calais

Village square at the St.Nicolaas church, with free parking on the square. Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon the square is closed due to market.

A bench in the shade of a large oak with an information board from les peintres de Wissant. Nice and cool in warm weather (or rain)

Mont de Couple is a small hill 163 meters above sea level. Its summit offers an exceptional view of the hinterland and the town of Wissant. In good weather, you can see the Strait of Dover, the White Cliffs of England, the Boulogne hinterland, and the Calais region.

Magnificent farmhouse located on the roadside. The Herlen stream, which rises at the foot of Mount Couple, runs close to the 18th-century building. It powers the farm's mill, which produced flour until 1945.

This vast beach stretches for nearly eight kilometers between Calais and Cape Blanc-Nez. It is also known for the first successful aerial crossing of the English Channel by Louis Blériot on July 25, 1909.

The rocks, with their cracks and small caves in the calcareous wall, provide an important nesting site for numerous bird species such as jackdaws, house martins, fulmars, kestrels, gulls, terns and herring gulls. As part of a renaturation project in 2006, a section of the asphalt road leading to the summit and the parking spaces there were completely removed. Instead, a parking lot about 300 meters inland was significantly expanded.

The obelisk crowns a 133-meter-high ensemble on a pedestal that can be seen from afar. It is THE landmark to reach to enjoy a 360° panorama from the top of the cliffs of Cap Blanc Nez. When the German army took possession of the Opal Coast in May 1940, this monument was immediately destroyed. The current Dover Patrol dates from the early 1960s. The last restoration took place in 2007. Source: https://www.calaisxxl.com/de/offres/a-voir-a-faire/monument-a-la-dover-patrol/