This medieval town with its cathedral has a canal network and boat trips around its market gardens. It is near a prehistoric park and good walking and cycling country. This busy town has two grand arcaded squares in the Flemish style and several subterranean passages open to the public. It is near the European Centre for Peace and the war cemeteries. This is a traditional northern resort known for its iodine-laden air, which makes it a centre for recovery and convalescence.
Disabled access is plentiful.
The long sandy beach stretches for miles making it suitable for sand-yachting as well as sailing, windsurfing and angling. Near Bagatelle amusement park. Probably the most attractive of the ferry destinations with its harbour and medieval quarter it also has excellent food shops and the Nausica marine centre. A convenient stop near the vast shopping complex of the Cite L'Europe and the museum of the Second World War. Site of an old royal hunting palace and surrounded by an ancient forest this area is particularly suitable for walking, cycling or horse riding.