Sangatte is an immense and magnificent beach of fine sand with its rows of breakwaters, its dunes, and its chalets. Some days, you will see the English coasts which are only 35 kilometers away as the crow flies.
It is also Cap Blanc-Nez and its 130 meter high white chalk cliffs that connect our beach to Cran d'Escalles.
You will find many shops:
- several restaurants,
- the bakery/grocery store "La Maison des Tartes" (100 meters away) where Rémi and Monique will serve you their specialties, delicious breads and their famous cream tart.
- the bar/tabac "Le Week-end" (50 meters away)
Activities :
- Go hiking or mountain biking on the many circuits that leave from Sangatte.
- Rent Vel'in bikes on the town hall square (50 meters from Ô de Mer and Ô de Caps)
- Learn to board or paddle at the Tom Souville sailing base
- Practice surfing, windsurfing, kite-surfing, paddle sup
- Prepare your fishing rod for a surfcasting session
- Put on your shorty and practice the long side
Shops nearby Sangatte:
- Auchan Shopping Center in Calais,
- La Cité de l'Europe shopping center (clothing, food, decoration, telephony, etc.)
- Channel Outlet Store Shopping Center
The markets :
- Sangatte - village square - small market (Sunday morning)
- Blériot-Plage - village square (Friday morning)
- Calais - Place Crève-Coeur (Thursday and Saturday morning) and Place d'Armes (Wednesday and Saturday morning)
- Wissant - village square (Wednesday morning) and summer night market (Friday evening)
- Escalles - Village square - Summer night market (Saturday evening)