architecture & seaside poetry
Mers-les-Bains and its Belle Époque quarter
A listed 1900 seafront, its ceramic-tiled villas and wooden balconies, facing the shingle beach.
Step back in time along the Esplanade du Général Leclerc, lined with listed villas whose façades are adorned with delicate ceramics and brightly painted balconies.
The seaside quarter, facing the sea
Mers-les-Bains owes its appearance to the railway. When the first holidaymakers arrived at the end of the 19th century, the town filled with villas of brick, painted timber and ceramic. The seaside quarter has been listed as a Site Patrimonial Remarquable since 1986, and more than five hundred villas have survived.
You discover them walking along the esplanade du Général Leclerc: every façade has its own colours, balconies and friezes. It is one of the best-preserved Belle Époque ensembles on the coast.
Above the town, the Notre-Dame de la Falaise chapel offers the widest view over the bay and across to Le Tréport, on the other side of the estuary.
what to see in Mers-les-Bains
The essentials
The seaside quarter
The listed ensemble of 1900 villas lining the seafront.
The “1900” seafront
The esplanade and its ceramic façades, facing the shingle beach.
Saint-Martin church
At the heart of the old town, set back from the seafront.
Notre-Dame de la Falaise
The statue watching over the bay, at the top of the cliff.
The coastal path
The walking trail that follows the coast and the cliffs.
The minigolf
By the beach, for families.
good to know
Markets on Monday and Thursday mornings.
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