Mers-les-Bains Beach, Mers-les-Bains, Picardy, France
Along the seafront are the beautiful villas that were built at the end of the 19th century when the craze for ‘sea-bathing began’. The villas not only have an attractive display of architectural features such as patterned wooden balconies, large bay windows and interesting shaped roofs – they are also painted in a wide-range of different colours.
The villas on the seafront are particularly splendid but there are many others to admire throughout the town.
All in all there are about 600 Belle Epoque villas and they are particularly attractive as the sun sets .
Keep a lookout also for the pretty ceramic plaques with the names of the villas. The town has one of the largest collections of these ceramic name-plates.
Mers les Bains has an art deco church, Saint Martin’s church, and also you can walk to the religious statue of Notre Dame de la Falaise, which offers great views over the surroundings.
The beach itself is a long stretch of pebbly beach which is home to a ligne of white beach huts, adding to the Belle Epoque atmosphere of the town. At low tide there is a small sweep of sandy beech. At the end of the beach the white cliffs soar up and dominate the horizon
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