Discover étaples

Come to discover the museums and museographic centers 

• Maréis

Center of the fishing on the sea to discover in a gravitational visit (scientific and spectacular), animated by a guide the slides of a trade not like the others: sailor-fisherman…

• Museum of the Marine

In the old market of fish the history and the traditions of artisanal fishing are presented: evolution of the flotilla étaploise of the 19th century at our days, the maritime habitat étaplois, as well as the objets of the art, the costumes traditional and the practised trades.

• Museum of Quentovic archaeology

All, the geology of the archaeology until the history gives you the envy in discovering more on Etaples.

• Workshop and House of the Miniature

Impassioned of all ages will appreciate the model of the port animated on 32 m2, at the 1/87 and one collection of 1.100 cars, planes, boats, railway networks…

You will see  the artist to work there and will be able to admire his various productions. Pastellist of talent and experienced painter, Gerard FREVILLE already exposed in the main cities of France. First Price of the French Pallet, you can discover his fabrics a little everywhere: in Congo, the Island of the Meeting, in America…
By making the turn of the workshop, you will find the most beautiful corners of the Coast of Opal and of the Country of Montreuil. Course and training courses at the day or the week.

Come to discover the maritime inheritance which is carefully rehabilitated gradually:

• The Martyrdom of the Sailors
• The Notre Dame Vault of the Guard
• The Military Cemetery d' Etaples
• The naval traditional building site

According to your tastes and your desires, along the stalls on the port and appreciate fish coldly fished, you stroll on the quay of the pleasure and fishing port and breathe with full lungs of theiodized air…

Etaples-sur-mer is proud of its maritime tradition and you will be surprised by his user-friendliness.

Its “natural” port, member of the network “Pleasure Coast of Opal” has the characteristic to be located at some steps of the centre town and can be the starting point in multiple centers of interest which the city and its surroundings can offer to you.

That it is its natural environment, its museums, its centre town, you will have inevitably a reason to accost with Etaples-on-sea.

This is on the high-speed motorboat “ Etaples city ” that the 35 PASSENGERS embark to leave 45 MINUTES to discover Bay Canche the best manner that it is sailing on its estuary.

By leaving the port and its fish market, the ship move away slowly from the Martyrdom and building site naval before taking its cruising speed.

The visitors provided with their binoculars can admire the remarkable fauna of the site. More than 75 species of sedentary or migrating birds are listed in these places. You will discover these singular Tadornes de Belon, large typical birds of the estuaries or will regale yourselves you spectacle of limicolous resting on a sand bank in waiting that the mudhole (their pantry) is discovered. Unless you do not surprise the seal marine calf. The boat is without any doubt the ideal observatory of bay.