Hauts-de-France - 57 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Hauts-de-France

Hauts de France is the northernmost region of France. It is a popular tourist destination for visitors traveling to see the battlefields and memorials associated with the First and Second World Wars. The region also features many cultural and architectural treasures, majestic belfries that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, castles,Gothic cathedralsa and beautiful landscapes.

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List of Attractions in Hauts-de-France

Palais des Beaux Arts

One of the beautiful and richest french museums having collections of European paintings, drawings, a sculpture gallery, 17th-century ceramics and so more. The museum opened in 1809 and was initially housed in a church confiscated from the Récollets before being transferred to the city's town hall. It has collections of famous artists and also this place gives you a way to have a look at the ancient history of the french art.

Parc Bagatelle

Parc Bagatelle

Theme Parks

Bagatelle Park is an amusement park located in the commune of Rang-du-Fliers, on the Opal Coast, in the Hauts-de-France region. It includes around thirty attractions as well as paid games and shows. It is the oldest active French amusement park. It is also a great place for walking and relaxing. As well as giant trees and varied plant life, little bridges, rocks, caves, expanses of water, and artificial waterfalls add to the charm and romantic aspect of the park.

Parc Barbieux

The Barbieux park is located in the town of Roubaix , part of Lille Métropole . It is a remarkable park for the presence of more than 60 species of trees. It stretches over 1.5 kilometers with an area of ​​34 hectares. This park divides the town of Croix into two parts . The surroundings of the park of Barbieux constitute the richest zone of the city of Roubaix, with many luxurious houses.

Parc Naturel Régional Scarpe-Escaut

Parc Naturel Régional Scarpe-Escaut

Outdoors- Other

Parks

Forests

The Scarpe-Escaut Regional Natural Park, created in 1968, is the very first of the Regional Natural Parks in France, and one of the four parks of the Hauts-de-France region, sheltering important elements of the industrial and mining heritage of the region, including a few slag heaps that are now protected and developed for biodiversity and various recreational activities. It is the smallest but also the most densely inhabited and urbanized of the 51 areas labeled Regional Natural Parks by the Mi

Parking Les Prés du Hem

The Parc des Prés du Hem is a peri-urban park located in Armentières , in the Lille metropolis , in the north of France. With a total area of ​​120 hectares, it was created around an artificial lake of 44 hectares intended to be a water reserve. Water sports are practiced there and there are activities for families.

Phare Le Touquet

Phare Le Touquet

Lighthouses

A huge and beautiful historic lighthouse located, Avenue des Phares, at Touquet-Paris-Plage. Its pink brick octagonal shaft has curved sides, like a Doric column. This lighthouse offers the best way to discover Le Touquet-Paris-Plage and its region. The buildings including the former pavilion of the chief guardian and the old service building, with its garden, the entrance pillars, and the benches are listed in the historical monument.

Place Rihour

Place Rihour

Man-made Structures- Other

The Rihour Place is an urban public space of the city of Lille in the French department of Nord. This is all that remains of a palace built in the xv th century by the Dukes of Valois-Burgundy, rulers because of the state bourguignon. The building's guard room houses the town's tourist office. It was classified as a historical monument in 1875.

Regional Natural Park of Avesnois

Regional Natural Park of Avesnois

Outdoors- Other

Forests

The Avesnois Regional Natural Park is a regional natural park created in March 1998, which extends over nearly 125,000 hectares in the south of the Nord department. It is one of the richest areas in biodiversity in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, playing an important role of “reservoir” for the regional green network. The many meadows and the rich calcareous lawns also contribute to its biodiversity. One of the nice locations for a trek and also a good place for a nature walk.

Réserve naturelle nationale de la baie de Canche

The Canche Bay National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve located in the Hauts-de-France region. Classified in 1987, it occupies an area of 505 hectares at the level of the Canche estuary, including 465 hectares in the public maritime domain. The panorama offered to you at the top of the site is breathtaking. One of the nice location where you can spend some good times.

Rue de Béthune

Rue de Béthune

Street Markets

The Rue de Bethune is a street of the town of Lille in northern France, located in the city center , regulated pedestrian area. It is the main shopping street in the city. It connects the rue du Sec-Arembault, which it extends, to the place de Béthune.

Ruins of St. Bertin Abbey

These are the ruins of the abbey of Saint Bertin which collapsed due to a bombardment in 1943. It was a Benedictine abbey, but today in ruins and open to the public. It was dedicated to its second abbot, Saint Bertin. It has a lot of history to say and it will be a worth visit.

Saint Maurice Catholic Church at Lille

The striking Église Saint-Maurice, situated in the historic center of Lille, has been subject to a number of makeovers from its genesis in the Middle Ages to the last extension of the city in 1868. The interior houses a number of 17th and 18th-century paintings by artists from the city. The central chapel is dedicated to Sainte-Barbe, patroness of the Lille artillerymen whose story visitors can discover in the museum nearby. The construction of the actual church took more than 400 years.

The Watchtower

The Watchtower

Iconic Buildings

Lighthouses

A beautiful and majestic 13th-century watchtower which was located at Place d'Armes behind the Hotel de Ville in Calais, Northern France. It was been used as a lighthouse till 1848, then it becomes a watchtower. it also served as a military post in the first world war. One of the good locations to visit in this place which gives an idea about the history of France and its architectural intelligence.

Valloires Abbey

Valloires Abbey

Churches

Botanical Gardens

A beautiful and majestic abbey which was located in Argoules in the green valley of Authie. It was built in the 12th century. The surroundings of this abbey were very beautifully maintained with no fewer than 5,000 varieties of plants and shrubs. In August, the abbey hosts an international chamber music festival, the Valloires festival. One of the mice location which is famous among all type of peoples.

Villa Cavrois

Villa Cavrois

Iconic Buildings

A beautiful castle which was located in Croix, in the Nord department. It was commissioned by Paul Cavrois, a Roubaix textile industrialist, to the Parisian architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. Its beautiful shape and sand-colored brick cladding made it a unique and modern villa. . The villa was used as a barracks by the German occupiers during World War II. It is listed as a historical monument since 1990.

Zoo Lille

Zoo Lille or Parc Zoologique de Lille is a zoo in the North - French city of Lille. The 3.5- hectare park opened in 1950 and is home to more than 300 different animals, spread over more than 80 species. What is special is that for many years access to the park was free, which has made it one of the greatest tourist attractions in the entire region. The park has 6 different parts including a tropical building, an African and an American part, and a monkey building.

Zoo Maubeuge

The Maubeuge zoo is a zoological park located in Maubeuge, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Today, the zoo is known for its particular setting, in the very heart of the ramparts of Vauban, and the hundreds of animals present there: giraffes, hippos, white tigers, etc. Today it covers an area of ​​7 hectares on which are distributed 350 animals of 56 species.

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