Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Arques sits on the route: 5 minutes from Wardrecques, 45km from De Panne Beach.
Arques is a town located in Hauts-de-France, France. With a population of 9,551, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Arques sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Arques to your route.
The Fontinettes boat lift (French: Ascenseur des Fontinettes or Ascenseur à bateaux des Fontinettes) was built in 1888 on the Canal de Neufossé and connected the river Aa and the Neuffossé Canal in Arques, near Saint-Omer in the Pas-de-Calais.
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Arques is located in Hauts-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 50.7338 latitude, 2.3024 longitude.
Arques has a population of approximately 9,551 people, making it a town in France.
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cafe
The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
43 km · about 50 min drive
beach
Belgium's widest sandy beach, famous for land-yachting and bordering the wild Westhoek dunes near the French border.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Dazzling white chalk cliffs on the Opal Coast with views across the Channel to England on clear days.
47 km · about 55 min drive
museum
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Europe's largest aquarium in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France with a stunning open-ocean tank and conservation mission.
50 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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