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Seaside Resorts. BLANKENBERGHE. 2, Route. 21
Rue del’ Eglise( Kerkstraat), leading from the railway-station (P1.B, 2)
to the Digue, to which a flight of steps ascends. A little to the
right of this main street is the church of St. Roch (P1.B, 4; 1884-89),
and to the left is the Market (PJ. 4, B, 2; sales of lace and tobacco
on Tues. & Frid. mornings).
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The Digue, resembling that at Ostend, runs along the top of the
dunes, affording an attractive promenade 22 yds. wide and upwards
of 1 M. in length, and provided with electric light (chair 10 ¢.)
The beach is ex
ent. Near the above-mentioned flight of steps is
the Casino (PI. 3, B, 1; adm., see p. 20), built in 1886. A modest
monument (Pl. 6; B, 1) in front of the Hét. du Kursaal comme- iy
morates two Belgians who fell in the Congo Free State,
At the N.E. end of the Digue is the Pier (380 yds. long; see
p. 20), a favourite resort in the afternoon. At the other end of the
Digue rises the Lighthouse (Phare; Pl. A, 2), at the entrance of a
small Harbour, protected from silting by an ‘estacade’, which ex-
tends into the sea for about 330 yds. and is frequented by visitors
until a late hour in the evening (net-fishing 4 fr. per hr.). Ferry
across the harbour 10 c.
A pleasant walk may be taken along the beach to (2 M.) Wenduyne
and (5 M.) Le Coq-sur-Mer (p. 18). — Excursion to Lisseweghe, see p. 2. —
Zee Brugge (p. 2) is reached by a walk of 1 hr, along the beach (donkey
2-3 fr.); thence to Heyst, 10 min. more. |
