Cap Gris-Nez

metropolitan France · France

Cap Gris-Nez, France
Photo: Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring to autumn
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The closest point of France to England, a wind-scoured chalk-and-clay headland on the Opal Coast. Its cliffs are a major landmark for migrating birds and offer clear-day views of the English cliffs.

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