Opal Coast
Visit Audresselles
The fishing village that stayed wild, and its flobarts
- Flobarts
- Fishing village
- Crab
- Seafront
Audresselles in brief
- How long
- Half a day: the seafront, the flobarts and the two beaches.
- When to go
- May to September for swimming. Whitsun weekend for the Crab Festival.
- Parking
- On the seafront, angled along the sea wall. The village crosses on foot in ten minutes.
- From
- Lille 1 h 35Paris 2 h 55Boulogne sur Mer 20 min
Three kilometres from Cap Gris-Nez, Audresselles is a very pretty fishing village that has kept its wild, natural character. Its fishermen still work the flobart tradition — big, keel-less, pot-bellied boats hauled onto the sand by tractor — and sell their catch straight to visitors who love the delicacies of the Opal Coast. As you wander through the village, you'll spot traditional fishermen's cottages.
The 3 highlights
What to do in Audresselles?
Le front de mer et ses flobarts
The traditional boats, hauled onto the sand by tractor. Fishermen sell their catch straight off them.
Les deux plages
A supervised beach for swimming and a wild beach separated by the Côte de Fer. Grey seals are spotted here every year.
Les villas de la Belle Époque
The seafront has kept its 19th-century villas, among the low fishermen's cottages.
And also
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Saint-Jean farm
- The Crab Festival (Whitsun weekend)
3 activities to book
What activities to do in Audresselles?
Our favourite
For what made the village's name
La pêche à pied sur les rochers
Audresselles lives off fishing: at low tide, the rocks can be explored on foot. Check the size limits and seasons allowed.
At low tide
For the finest walk in the area
Le sentier du littoral vers le cap Gris-Nez
The GR 120 follows the coast from Audresselles to the cape, past the cliffs and Cran aux Œufs.
2 h one way · waymarked path
For the coast by bike
La Vélomaritime
The Vélomaritime cycle route runs through Audresselles, between Wimereux and Wissant.
Half a day · bike
Our 3 restaurants
Where to eat in Audresselles?
Our favourite
To eat facing the sea
Le Loup de Mer
On place du Détroit, where the village meets the seafront.
1 place du Détroit, Audresselles
To stay in the harbour atmosphere
Le Retour des Flobards
Rue Marin la Meslée, close to where the flobarts are hauled up on the sand.
58 rue Marin la Meslée, Audresselles
For a stop between the two capes
De Cap en Cap
On the same street, in the heart of the village, halfway between the Gris-Nez and the Blanc-Nez.
68 rue Marin la Meslée, Audresselles
Other good addresses
- Au p'tit bonheur2 Rue Jeanne d'Arc, 62164 Audresselles
- La Marie Galante173 Rue Edouard Quenu, 62164 Audresselles
Our 2 places to stay
Where to stay in Audresselles?
Our favourite
To wake up facing the Channel
La villa face Mer
On the Audresselles seafront, a few steps from the supervised beach.
Rental · Audresselles
For a night worth talking about
Bunker Le ch'ti blockhaus
An unusual stay, in a village that still bears plenty of traces of the Atlantic Wall.
Unusual stay · Audresselles
Getting there and parking
By car on the D940 between Boulogne and Wissant. Audresselles is 3 kilometres from Cap Gris-Nez.
The village is entirely walkable: from the seafront car park, everything is within ten minutes.
The questions people ask before coming
Can you buy fish straight from the fishermen in Audresselles?
Yes, at the top of the beach, next to the flobarts. There's no set time or sign: it happens whenever the boats come in, depending on the tide and the weather.
When is the Crab Festival in Audresselles?
On Whitsun weekend. The village fills up, and it's the moment you'll eat the cheapest crab on the coast.
Are there seals in Audresselles?
Grey seals have been spotted every year less than fifty metres from the beach since 2006. Watch them from a distance — approaching a seal puts it in danger.
Information about the town
A small fishing village, Audresselles draws visitors for its closeness to Cap Gris-Nez and its two beaches, separated by the Côte de Fer: one left wild, the other for swimming. Several grey seals have been spotted every year less than 50 metres from the beach since 2006. Since 1907, undersea telephone cables linking France and England still run through here.
Continue your tour of the Opal Coast with the villages of Audinghen, Équihen-Plage, Ambleteuse or Tardinghen.
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