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Quend and Fort-Mahon : huge beaches

  • 24 kmLE TADORNE CYCLE ROUTE
  • 18 HOLE BELLE DUNE'S GOLF COURSE
  • 14MUSSEL FARMERS

Fort-Mahon-Plage 

BETWEEN THE BAIE DE SOMME AND THE BAIE D'AUTHIE 

Fort-Mahon-Plage is a dynamic seaside resort. On your next weekend break with your mates you can try sailing in a little catamaran, laugh a lot when you have a go at big stand-up paddling, enjoy thrills and spills while sand yachting. If you love nature and the great outdoors be sure to go as far as the Baie d’Authie. Nature guides can take you on outings to explore the plants and wildlife – a magical experience in summer when the bay is covered with sea lavender in bloom.

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Quend Plage Dune du Royon, Somme©Benoit Bremer
Fort-Mahon Belle Dune, Somme©Teddy Hénin-Comdesimages
Quend plage bouchots, Somme©Philippe Guillaume
Plage, Somme©Nicolas Bryant
Char à voile, Somme©FLeonardi
Bouée Plage, Somme©FLeonardi

Quend-Plage-les-Pins 

DUNES AND PINE FORESTS 

Here you'll find wooden stakes for mussel farming, so it must be a good spot! There are 14 mussel farmers taking care of this 'crop'. The CPIE (Centre Permanent d'Initiative pour l'Environnement) even organises discovery nature outings called "from mussel bed to plate". This delightful resort also offers tree-topping at the Parc Arbre et Aventure and the chance to pat some of the many donkeys to be found at the Asinerie du Marquenterre.

Paradise for touring cyclists

There's a cycle track between dunes and pine trees and Le Tadorne cycle route is a 24 km round trip alongside the sand dunes.
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Quend and Fort-Mahon are family holiday havens: 'rosalie' races (4 wheel cycles for several people), sand castle competitions, water ices!
Fillette sur la plage, Somme©Nicolas Bryant
Quend Plage, Somme©Philippe Guillaume
Dune du Royon, Somme©Benoit Bremer
Quend Plage vélo Belle Dune, somme©Teddy Hénin-Comdesimages

Between the two 

Belle Dune 

You can walk to both resorts along the beach or via the Dune du Royon hiking trail.
Halfway along can be found the very large Pierre & Vacances holiday accommodation complex, tucked into the dunes:
- Belle Dune golf course, 18 holes, classed as one of the 10 loveliest golf courses in France and
- Belle Dune water sports centre with indoor and outdoor pools, huge water slides and wave pool.