Northern France

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in northern France, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Slack Deux Caps Art Festival. Where beautiful art and nature merge.

23/06/2015 by .

A weekend wonder on the Calais Coast

27/03/2014 by .
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From his lofty perch some 53 metres up, Napoleon Bonaparte gazes across at what might have been. Back in 1804 over 100,000 men of his grand army stood alongside him right here at Boulogne sur Mer on the Calais coast poised to invade England.

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Walking the Camino de Santiago

30/01/2014 by .
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When I was walking the Camino de Santiago, my companion John was by all accounts not looking very well. To be fair, he had been walking solidly for the last two weeks and had completed nearly 500 kilometers. I suppose his generous girth and the fact that he had recently undergone bypass surgery didn’t help either.

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