Grand-Fort-Philippe travel guide
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Visit Grand-Fort-Philippe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Grand-Fort-Philippe is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 78 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Grand-Fort-Philippe is 239 km from Paris and 18 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gravelines at 2 km from Grand-Fort-Philippe
Popular places to visit near Grand-Fort-Philippe: these include Gravelines at 2 km and Saint-Omer at 30 km.
Gravelines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 2km and Loon-Plage is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Grand-Fort-Philippe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grand-Fort-Philippe
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 Grand-Fort-Philippe.
Note that all distances from Grand-Fort-Philippe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Grand-Fort-Philippe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grand-Fort-Philippe (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 Grand-Fort-Philippe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La ferme du mont des Récollets (34km) :
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Loon-Plage (8km) : Grande-Synthe (14km) : Boulogne-sur-Mer (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gravelines (2km) : Bergues (23km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Grand-Fort-Philippe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grand-Fort-Philippe
Canton: Gravelines
Arrondissement: Dunkerque
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59153
Distance to Grand-Fort-Philippe
from Lille: 78 km
from Paris: 239 km
from Calais: 18 km
from Nice: 899 km
from Bordeaux: 713 km
from Strasbourg: 485 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grand-Fort-Philippe): Gravelines, Oye-Plage, Saint-Folquin and Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa.
Getting here
For driving distances to Grand-Fort-Philippe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Grand-Fort-Philippe