Plage des Hemmes de Marck and the chemin des Dunes — loop from Les Ecardines

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Plage des Hemmes de Marck and the chemin des Dunes — loop from Les Ecardines

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Plage des Hemmes de Marck and the chemin des Dunes — loop from Les Ecardines

02:02

33.0km

40m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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323 m

Leaning Tower

Highlight • Structure

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 the real bell tower, it resisted post-war demolition attempts, remaining tilted about twenty degrees, hence its nickname.

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5.69 km

Les Oyats Beach

Highlight • Beach

Pass by the campground to reach this very wide beach. At low tide it's so wide that there's virtually no water in sight.

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7.16 km

Hemmes de Marck beach

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This is the beach for buggy kiting.

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9.30 km

Les Hemmes de Marck

Highlight • Settlement

Quaint coastal community with an old church and village community.

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10.3 km

Chemin des Dunes

Highlight (Segment) • Other

The 400-acre nature reserve in the communities of Calais and Marck offers a number of typical environments of the North Sea coast: immense foreshore, salt marshes, dunes, brackish quarries, swamps and polders. A lookout point, two observatories and various hiking trails offer an attractive walk in an area with 250 species of birds.

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