Fort-Mahon-Plage beach

Fort-Mahon-Plage

In the live broadcast you can clearly see the coast of the resort town of Fort-Mahon-Plage (Fort-Mahon-beach), located in the center of the Marquenterre dune near the English Channel.

As the webcam shows well, the beach here is sandy, so it’s very comfortable to sunbathe on the bedspread. In addition to the inert recreation on the shore in this online camera, in summer in Fort-Mahon-Beach there are various sports events: sandy yachts competitions, high-speed sailing, regular sailing, golf, kitesurfing, canoeing.

According to historical data, resort of Fort -Mahon-Beach, which you see online, was named after the high military fort of Mahon after the French conquering the island of Menorca in 1756.

The young city of Fort-Mahon-Plage, where the live stream is conducted from, appeared only in the 18th century, and today is already in an important resort and tourist center of France.

Of course, the main attraction of Fort-Mahon-Beach, the coast of which this live camera demonstrates online, is its sandy and pebble beaches, buried in dunes scattered throughout the coast. In some places there are gray dunes, white dunes and shrub dunes, many of them are planted with trees: pines and hawthorn.

The most popular trail for exploring the coastline of Fort-Mahon-Beach in this live camera is the four-kilometer Royon hiking dune trail.

The best way to get acquainted with the animal and plant world of the town is Authie Bay.

The most interesting thing for tourists during excursions to Fort-Mahon-Beach, part of which you can clearly see in the online camera, is an acquaintance with the Jericho tree. It is an eight cup willow trunks. Next to the unique tree there is a statue dedicated to resistance fighters and victims of the Nazi occupation of World War II.

Another interesting monument in the city of Fort-Mahon-Beach in this webcam is a Free France cadets’ memorial, erected in honor of the five inhabitants of the city who participated in the Resistance in during World War II and joining England in canoe in 1941.

In the city where the online broadcast is coming from, there are various interesting events. For example, popular markets operate on Avenue de la Plage on Tuesdays and Fridays in the morning. In September, there is the beach art festival on the coast of Fort-Mahon-Plage in this webcam. During this event teams compete in sand sculptures construction. Also in September, a colorful fair is organized in the city. In December, the festive Christmas market is traditionally open, as well as various seminars for children and adults.

Watch other interesting Baltic Live Cam live streams – beautiful coast of the cozy port city of Le Havre, resort town of Perros-Guirec coast and the beach of the resort town of Ciboure in France and Plazza della Riforma in Lugano, Switzerland.