Leaning Tower – Grand-Fort-Philippe loop from Marquise - Rinxent

Leaning Tower – Grand-Fort-Philippe loop from Marquise - Rinxent

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Leaning Tower – Grand-Fort-Philippe loop from Marquise - Rinxent

05:04

118km

610m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 64.2 km for 65 m

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Start point

Train Station

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9.46 km

View of the Opal Coast Countryside

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22.7 km

Bunker & Lac du Fond Pignon

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Near the artificial lake created during the construction of the Channel Tunnel with blue chalk dug in the Strait you will find vestiges of the First World War.

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26.9 km

Beach

33.0 km

Arrière-Port

Lake

34.4 km

Place d'Armes

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Beautiful square in Calais, which the children like to use as a water playground on hot days.

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52.9 km

Entering Le Tap Cul

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A tapecul (also written tape-cul or tapecu) is a sail set at the rear of a sailboat, then often called a yawl, on the tapecul mast.

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54.6 km

Leaning Tower

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The Leaning Tower of Oye-Plage is a German blockhouse from the Second World War, designed to imitate a church steeple and mislead British aviators. Located a few kilometers north of …

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62.0 km

Charles Valentin Square, Gravelines

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Beautiful village, surrounded by water and city walls

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64.5 km

Grand-Fort-Philippe

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The main activities have always been linked to fishing (ropemaking, smokehouse, shipbuilding). Two museums keep that memory alive. Maison du Sauvetage and Maison de la Mer.
Of the dozens of …

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