Top Things to do in Pas-de-Calais
Top Hotels in Pas-de-Calais
- 1. Hotel Red Fox
- 2. Hotel l'Escale
- 3. Best Western Hotel Le Semaphore
- 4. Ibis Budget Berck sur Mer
- 5. Evancy Tresors d'Opale - Camiers Sainte Cecile
- 6. Le Grand Hotel Le Touquet
- 7. Alex Factory, Gites et Chambres d'hotes Cote d'Opale
- 8. Hotel Red Fox
- 9. Novotel Thalassa Le Touquet
- 10. Holiday Inn Calais - Coquelles, an IHG hotel
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Things to do in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France: The Best Architectural Buildings
Discover the best top things to do in Pas-de-Calais, France including La Motte Castrale Et Sa Prison, Anneau de la Memoire, The Citadel, Le Beffroi d’Hesdin, Chapelle des Carmes, Mairie de Dunkerque, Eglise Saint-Leger de Lens, Abbatiale Saint-Saulve, Hotel de Ville, Moulin La Tourelle.
Restaurants in Pas-de-Calais
1. La Motte Castrale Et Sa Prison
2. Anneau de la Memoire
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 158 reviews
The Ring of Remembrance is located at the summit of the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette plateau, opposite to the biggest of all French National War Cemetery. The International Memorial commemorates the names of the 579,606 soldiers, of all nationalities, who fought and lost their lives on the soil of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Inaugurated on 11 November 2014 and designed by the architect Philippe Prost, this elliptical memorial was inspired by the circles children make in their games and designed as an open book in homage to the soldiers who fell in our region. It is an object of great aesthetic and symbolic power, evoking the mass death which occurred on the battlefields of this region between 1914 and 1918. Part of the structure uses a cantilever overhang to symbolise the fragility of peace. Soldiers’ names have been inscribed in alphabetical order, with no mention of nationality or religion. Among the names engraved on the memorial are those of Francois Faber, winner of the 1909 Tour de France; John Kipling, son of the poet Rudyard Kipling; Joseph Standing Buffalo, grandson of the Indian chief Sitting Bull; Hans Dulfer, the German alpinist; and Paul Mauk, the youngest German soldier enlisted. In the remembrance room of Lens' 14 - 18 Great War History center, you can use tablets to consult databases of the nearly 580,000 soldiers, of all nationalities, who fell in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Their names are engraved on the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette International Memorial, which lists all the soldiers who died, were buried or commemorated within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments during the First World War. Using this data, you can find out everything about any given soldier: his date and place of birth; where he was recruited, his regiment and his rank; the date, place and cause of his death; as well as his place of burial, provided all of this information is known. The welcome team is on hand to help you research your family or locate a tomb or memorial within the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
3. The Citadel
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 320 reviews
The citadel was built on the fondations of an old royal castle built in the beginning of the 13th century facing the estuary of the river Canche. In 1567, the king of France Charles X decided to build a citadel according to the latest defensive innovations, Between the 17th and the 19th centuries renovation works were carried out. The citadel of Montreuil-sur-Mer represents seven centuries of architectural history.
4. Le Beffroi d’Hesdin
5. Chapelle des Carmes
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 9 reviews
6. Mairie de Dunkerque
7. Eglise Saint-Leger de Lens
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By jaywalkingaroundtown - Calgary, Canada
Lens is a small French town. Not really big, however, it has everything you need if you are there to spend the day. We stoped by at Lens after a day at the Vimy Ridge Memorial which is only 16 minutes by car via D55 until roundabout then route to Arras until you arrive. Or D51 until N17, A211 until you arrive at the town. Lens is small but has some sightseeing, all the stores you need and excellent cafes and restaurants. Parking lot in front of the central church is paid by the hour. We couldn't find free parking.
8. Abbatiale Saint-Saulve
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 52 reviews
Church of the ancient monastery Saint-Saulve, dated from the 13th and 16th centuaries
9. Hotel de Ville
10. Moulin La Tourelle
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