Dunkerque travel guide
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Visit Dunkerque: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dunkerque is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 66 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Dunkerque is 239 km from Paris and 34 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gravelines at 15 km from Dunkerque
Popular places to visit near Dunkerque: these include Gravelines at 15 km and Saint-Omer at 30 km.
Grande-Synthe is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 2km and Bergues is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dunkerque: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dunkerque, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dunkerque
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dunkerque.
Note that all distances from Dunkerque shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dunkerque holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dunkerque (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Nord gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Dunkerque and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La ferme du mont des Récollets (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Grande-Synthe (2km) : Loon-Plage (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Bergues (8km) : Gravelines (15km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Dunkerque & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dunkerque
Canton: Dunkerque
Arrondissement: Dunkerque
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59140
Distance to Dunkerque
from Lille: 66 km
from Paris: 239 km
from Calais: 34 km
from Nice: 893 km
from Bordeaux: 720 km
from Strasbourg: 473 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dunkerque): Armbouts-Cappel, Bierne, Cappelle-la-Grande, Coudekerque-Branche, Fort-Mardyck, Grande-Synthe, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer and Spycker.
Getting here
For driving distances to Dunkerque from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dunkerque