Coastal road. A road past the tops of the cliffs on the French Opal coast. These roads roll through the agricultural lands for a long time and then always give a different beautiful view on every hilltop. The Opal Coast (French: Côte d'Opale) is a coastal strip in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It covers part of the coastline along the Channel, from Dunkirk to Berck at the mouth of the Authie. The name Opal Coast was first used in 1911 by the painter Édouard Lévêque: "Is there anything in nature that possesses this variety of changing colors? Yes, that is the opal, the precious gem that repeatedly bursts into that series of bursts of red and greenery. From now on, in addition to the Côte d'Azur, the Côte d'Émeraude and the Côte d'Argent, we can also add the Côte d'Opale, our Opal Coast! " The character of the coast changes as you move further west. While the North Sea coast in the Dunkirk area (French Westhoek) is fairly flat with a modest strip of dunes, the extreme northwest point along the Pas de Calais near Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez is characterized by chalk cliffs rising high above the sea.
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