Slow Tourism in Montreuil-sur-Mer

The Hotel Loysel Le Gaucher is a strong advocate of slow tourism: a way of traveling that promotes slowness, quality over quantity, and sustainable modes of transport. Tourism that generates benefits for both you and the planet.

Slow tourism also benefits the local economy!

• Local discovery: taking the time to stroll and discover places you surely wouldn't have noticed if you had stayed 24 hours or only driven through.
• Environmental benefits: staying in one place encourages us to use our car, plane, or train less, and instead explore on foot or by bicycle.
• Getting to know the locals: we take the time to see familiar faces for a few days in a row and take the plunge to approach these residents, build relationships, or simply ask them about what we've discovered since our arrival.
• Immersing yourself in the place you're discovering and where you live.

The origins of the Nampont fiefdom date back to 858. The Nampont family succeeded one another, then the Bernatre family in 1335, the du Quesnoy family in 1377, and finally the Vaudricourt family. The fortified house was built in the 15th century. It is surmounted by a parapet walk, of which some machicolation brackets remain. Its polygonal plan is still surrounded by a water-filled moat. Adrien de Vaudricourt hosted Francis I at the Château de Nampont in 1517. A strategic location, the castle was the scene of numerous border raids. In the 18th century, it served as a customs post for collecting the salt tax. Occupied and damaged during the Second World War, the fortified house was subsequently restored.

His artistic focus is the exploration of French art, tracing its expressions from the Middle Ages to contemporary creation and successfully developed in the fields of opera, theatre, music and dance. In addition to local performances of adapted productions and tours in France and abroad, the company – a theatrical and operatic creation organization – develops three major events:
- The Baroque Spring in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is dedicated to artistic production from 1610 to 1750, with a focus on quality, powerful and high-level works, and specific programming in the surrounding towns;
- The Baroque School, which constitutes the educational component of the Baroque Spring and whose guiding principle is the transmission of the European artistic heritage of the 17th and 18th centuries to young audiences and their teachers;
- Les Malins Plaisirs in Montreuil-sur-Mer offers a repertoire encompassing the full spectrum of French taste, in its most playful, imaginative, and unexpected aspects!

In summary…
This story begins nearly 700 years ago when the Count of Boulogne founded a monastery at the foot of the ramparts of Montreuil-sur-Mer.
The monastic destiny that had transformed this building into the General Printing Works of the Carthusian Order came to an end at the beginning of the 20th century.
The monks gave way to a cultural center.
In 1914, the largest Belgian civilian hospital in Europe was established within its walls.
The last major transformation saw the premises house the hospice-asylum of the Montreuil-sur-Mer District Hospital Center (CHAM), from 1950 to 1998.
In the early 2000s, the Sisters of Bethlehem then temporarily restored a religious vocation to the Charterhouse.
Since 2008, a new destiny has been forged through a partnership private-public-nonprofit.

Surrounded by woods, orchards, and gardens, in a secluded spot in the Authie Valley, like a nestled white dove, Valloires is a rare and astonishing example of 18th-century Baroque architecture. Quite unusual in this region, it is above all the only complete 18th-century Cistercian abbey in France.

It's neither treetop trekking nor rock climbing… but simply the Camiers Sainte-Cécile adventure course! A treetop walk in an exceptional natural setting, for all ages and all levels.

Just 10 minutes from Le Touquet, 10 minutes from Hardelot, 15 minutes from Boulogne-sur-Mer, and 40 minutes from Calais, Opalaventure has been the meeting place for adventure enthusiasts in the heart of our magnificent Opal Coast for 10 years.

11 courses, more than 150 challenges, 20 zip lines, a suspended bicycle, a flying snowboard, and Tarzan swings for a guaranteed adrenaline rush, all supervised by qualified staff who are always ready to help!

Monique and Jean-Lin Lebrun founded the Mela Rosa Nursery in 2003. The rose Le Courtil du Bonheur is the first to join the CreaMelaRosa range for this new year, 2021.