A unique way to stretch the legs, climb the historic mine slagheaps near the Louvre Lens
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Perfect family day out with a visit to Camelot from the BBC Merlin series
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Nearby Parc Bagatelle is another themepark for all ages, while Aqualud in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage thrills with its slides and wave machines.
You can also learn about sea-fishing at Etaples-sur-Mer’s Centre de Découverte de la Pêche en Mer.
You can also learn about sea-fishing at Etaples-sur-Mer’s Centre de Découverte de la Pêche en Mer.
Near Reims
Handy for the the A26 to Calais, Dennlys Parc in Dennebrœucq is a themepark for younger kids, while La Coupole at Wizerns, a bunker complex turned war museum, has a new 3D planetarium.
For local heritage, tour the windmills of French Flanders and also Les Terrils du 11/19, an old mining site with Europe’s tallest slagheaps plus free family activities.
Or the Marais Audomarois – France’s last cultivated wetland – is great for a family picnic as well as to ride a bacôve (flat-bottomed boat used to transport produce) and a Rando-Rail (multi-person bike on an old rail track).
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